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Built in 1905, the 14-story Tennessee Trust Building was among downtown Memphis' first "skyscrapers." The building's architects, the firm of Charles 0. Pfeil (1871–1952) and George M. Shaw (1870–1919) were noted at the time for designing buildings with ornate, classical styling and massing.
The high-rise hotel, mall and twin tower were never built, and the adjacent land was later developed for other commercial uses. [4] The building was designed by architect Robert Lee Hall, who also designed 100 North Main in downtown Memphis, as well as Patterson Hall at the University of Memphis. Construction began in July 1970, with a "topping ...
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 Bluff City's largest hotel property recently went on the market. The 600-room Sheraton Downtown Memphis at 250 N. Main St. was listed for sale about three weeks ago, according to Wayne Tabor ...
The hotel was sold to the Alsonett Hotel Group in 1953. [3] Deeply in debt by the early 1960s, it went bankrupt in 1965 and was sold in a foreclosure auction to Sheraton Hotels, becoming the Sheraton-Peabody Hotel. [5] As downtown Memphis decayed in the early 1970s, the hotel suffered financially, and the Sheraton-Peabody closed in December 1973.
The Muvico theater was scheduled to shut down by the end of March 2008. Belz considered converting the Muvico space into a hotel lobby, a meeting space, and 160-170 hotel rooms. [5] In June 2008 the Dan McGuinness Irish pub in the Peabody Place Retail & Entertainment Center announced it was moving to Olive Branch, Mississippi, a nearby suburb. [13]
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]
Originally located at 315 Beale, the Memphis Hard Rock relocated in 2014 to a more appropriate address, from a rock-and-roll-history standpoint: 126 Beale, original home of Lansky Brothers, the ...