The heart of the Crosstown neighborhood sits at the intersection of Watkins Street and North Parkway. In fact, it can’t be missed. The 1.5 million-square-foot Crosstown Concourse was constructed in 1927 as a Sears flagship location. Shuttered in the early 1990s, it has been recently reimagined as a mixed-use, vertical village with apartments, businesses, nonprofits, restaurants, health services, and more cohabitating in the same building. The neighborhood is also boasts some of the city’s most beloved bars and restaurants and is a popular social and creative destination with ventures like Amurica, Crosstown Arts, and the OAM podcast studio.
Heritage Tours, in a partnership with the Memphis Area Association of Governments, will be introducing more options in June for tourists and sightseers looking for insight into the rich history and culture of the Mid-South. “We want to promote West Tennessee on a wider scale as far as the history,” says Elaine Turner, President and […]
Memphis is seeing more creative content produced each year by local independent filmmakers as the rise of episodic television props up an industry hurt by Tennessee's lack of competitive film incentives.
For the first time in its 50-year history the Plough Foundation has put out a request for proposals. Through its Aging Initiative, Plough hopes to affect elder abuse and maltreatment, and promote "aging in place" by the senior citizens of Shelby County.
The presenters at Boot Camp Memphis touted tactical urbanism initiatives while their theories were put into practice all around town during the week.
Adriene Holland and Chloe O'Hearn started their new hooping and fitness business, Co-Motion Studio, after testing the waters with a pop-up shop in the Crosstown neighborhood's MEMFix Cleveland Street event.
From Crosstown to Binghampton, Memphis has proven that temporary neighborhood activation projects can yield long-term results. With Tennessee Brewery: Untapped events ready for rollout this week, the city is once again ready to reimagine a forgotten space.
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