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Beale Street in 1974 Beale Street in 2014 Rex Billiard Hall for Colored, Beale Street, 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Beale Street was created in 1841 by entrepreneur and developer Robertson Topp (1807–1876), who soon named it later in the decade for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a military hero from the Mexican–American War.
When Memphis’ Hard Rock Café closed its doors on July 30, it ended a 26-year era for the music-themed bar and restaurant on Beale Street. Rufus Thomas' platform boots, a Furry Lewis guitar ...
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MEMPHIS DINING: The 30 best restaurants in Memphis in 2023: Soul food, seafood and so much more The Peabody Hotel Christmas Brunch 149 Union Ave.; 901-529-4000; peabodymemphis.com
The area was known as Pinch-Gut, in reference to the starving look of many of its impoverished residents. It was home to the earliest immigrant communities in Memphis, mainly Irish, Italian, Russian, Greek, and Jewish. From the 1890s to the 1930s, it was the center of Memphis' Jewish community, with many synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses.
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The success of Beale Street earned John Elkington many honors, including being named by Memphis Magazine in 2011 as one of "The Memphis 35" – people whose influence over the past 35 years "was critical to the growth and evolution of our city." [5] Three years later, the Memphis Flyer tapped him as one of "25 Who Shaped Memphis: 1989-2014."
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