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Transcript: REVITALIZATION OF MEMPHIS' BEALE STREET
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  November 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... 224-4944 REVITALIZATION OF MEMPHIS' BEALE STREET by Senator Fred Thompson Tennessee is ... cities, towns, and even streets. Beale Street is among the most famous--and I ... this birthplace of the Blues. Visiting Beale Street is a great way to learn the history ...

Article: Burgeoning Beale: redeveloping a legend.(Beale ...
Business Perspectives;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Real Estate began the redevelopment of Beale Street in the mid-1980s, three goals were ... return commerce to the street, to make Beale Street the "Music Center of the Region ... Goal One: Returning Commerce to Beale Beale Street is home to 31 businesses and companies ...

Article: CORR will protest racism on Beale Street
Tri-State Defender;  October 18, 2000 ;     594 words ... ... 18-2000 CORR will protest racism on Beale Street Handy Park giving merchants the blues ... and discriminatory practices of and on Beale Street," the Commission On Religion and Racism (CORR) is holding a protest march on Beale Street during the Oct. 19 Concert that will ...

Article: Beale Street, a center of cultural restoration
Tri-State Defender;  December 16, 1998 ;     532 words ...Tri-State Defender 12-16-1998 Beale Street, a center of cultural restoration ... historic cities, town, and even streets. Beale Street is among the most famous - and I'm ... restoration of this birthplace of the Blues. Beale Street originated in South Memphis in 1849 ...

Article: Beale Street Bordellos Uncovered in Tenn.
AP Online;  December 24, 2005 ;     619 words ... ... entertainment venues of years past _ Beale Street bordellos. Preparing for construction ... of prostitutes. "This area around Beale Street was a notorious red-light district ... Buchner. "It's all part of the lore of Beale Street." The dig, which ended Thursday a ...

Article: Beale Street Merchants Choose Onzie Horne as ...
PR Newswire;  September 14, 2007 ;     505 words ... ... Tenn., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Beale Street Merchant's Association has named Onzie Horne, a businessman with strong ties to Beale Street, as Executive Director. The Beale Street Merchant's Association pools the resources ...

Article: Beale Street festival just beginning of Katrina ...
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN);  September 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Williams Sep. 27--Last week's Beale Street benefit festival raised about $25 ... an answer from some of the clubs on Beale Street to see if they're willing to carry ... Preston Lamm, president of the Beale Street Merchants Association, said, "I ...