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Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km).
Graceland’s new, world-class, 450-room resort, The Guest House at Graceland™, opened on October 27, 2016, at walking distance from the mansion, on the same side of the street. [11] It includes "two full-service restaurants, over 17,000 sq.-ft. of meeting/function space for weddings and events, plus a 464-seat theater for live performances ...
Tom Lee Park is approximately one mile (1.6 km) long, but not more than 400 ft (120 m) wide at any point. It encompasses about 30 acres (12 ha), running south from Beale Street, bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, and Riverside Blvd to the east, offering panoramic views of the Mississippi River.
US 64 / US 70 / US 79 travel concurrently in Memphis (2008). Interstate 40 (I-40), its spur highway I-240 and I-55 are the main freeways in the Memphis area. I-40 and I-55 (along with rail lines) cross the Mississippi at Memphis from the state of Arkansas.
The South Main district has been featured in many films, sometimes as just background scenery in Memphis, sometimes masquerading as an older version of Beale Street. [3] Some of the films featuring scenes from the South Main district are: The Firm — Tom Cruise and the FBI meet at The Arcade Restaurant. 21 Grams; Hustle & Flow
– 100 North Main Street, Tallest Building in 35°08′22″N 90°03′06″W / 35.13956°N 90.05165°W / 35.13956; -90.05165 ( Beale Street Visitors Center ) – Beale Street Visitors
White Station was located near the former site of White's Station (namesake also of Whitehaven), an historic railway station built in 1842 on the LaGrange and Memphis Railroad (later part of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad), now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway.
The area was developed shortly after World War II in the same manner as Levittown, New York, with many small houses for returning soldiers and their families. [1] At its beginning, the area originally was not a part of Memphis, but was annexed into the city in the late 1950s or early 1960s.