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The tallest man-made structure in the city is the 1003 ft (305.7m) Edwin L. Nass Tower 1, a guyed steel TV transmitting tower located at 5317 Crestview Road in northeast Memphis. [ 3 ] Unlike many other downtowns in the Sun Belt , Memphis did not experience the high-rise building booms of the late 1980s or early 2000s.
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]
The Sterick Building is a historic skyscraper in Memphis, Tennessee.It was designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick & Co., and was completed in 1929—its name is a portmanteau of the original owners' names, Texas Governor Ross S. Sterling and Wyatt C. Hedrick.
The result lit the top few floors of the building on fire, including the roof, and filled much of downtown Memphis with smoke. The nearby Court Annex building was destroyed in the same fire. Despite the fire, the renovation of the building continued, and the first tenants in 2008 were the Plough Foundation , who leased 4,358 square feet (404.9 ...
The address is 495 North Watkins Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38104. [3] Designed by Nimmons & Co. in Art Deco [3] and Art Moderne styles, [4] the building is constructed of steel-reinforced concrete with a brick veneer. The main building is ten stories tall with a 14-story tower, [5] considered a high-rise even by the standards of 1981. [2]
(The Center Square) – The Memphis Area Transit Authority won the Pork of the Year Award for 2025, squealing past a Nissan Stadium project that puts taxpayers on the hook for upgrades, according ...
A Memphis City Council meeting can be seen through the City of Memphis seal in the meeting room door at city hall in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
The Downtown Memphis Commission announced Chandell Ryan, the city's chief operating officer, will take over as president and CEO in mid January.