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Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Memphis on January 6, 1971. [4] Immaculate Conception was named as the new diocese's cathedral. A major renovation of the cathedral was completed in 2001 and was dedicated by Bishop J. Terry Steib, SVD on December 8 of that year. In 2011 there were 800 families in the parish and 430 students in the school [3]
Downtown Memphis includes 4.5 million square feet (418,000 square meters) of office space, [4] around 1 million square feet (93,000 square meters) of retail space, 3,456 hotel rooms, and 13,400 housing units. [5] The administrative core of Memphis and of Shelby County, Tennessee is also located in Downtown Memphis.
The Adams Avenue Historic District in Memphis, Tennessee is a 9 acres (3.6 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It contains six contributing buildings: St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (1852), at 190 Adams Ave. North Memphis Savings Bank (1901), at 110 Adams Ave.
People look at a photo of Martin Luther King Jr. by Ernest Withers after the re-dedication ceremony for Martin Luther King Jr. Reflection Park in Downtown Memphis on April 4, 2024.
Chickasaw Gardens features a lake, sometimes called Memphis Lake or Chickasaw Gardens Lake, home to ducks and other birds. There is a concrete path leading around the west side. Neither fishing nor boats are allowed. Running parallel to the lake is a ditch, along the west side of the lake. It is surrounded by a fence.
The Memphis Theological Seminary is located on East Parkway, in the East End neighborhood. Overton Park is home to the Memphis College of Art, which moved to its current location from Victorian Village in the 1960s. The Southern College of Optometry and Moore Tech, a small vocational college, are located in the Crosstown area.
The Memphis city council voted to keep the arena open in 2004. [19] A committee headed by Memphis businessman Scott Ledbetter studied possible uses of the arena in 2005 and considered such uses as converting the arena into a casino, an aquarium, a shopping mall, or an indoor theme park. [20]