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Beale Street Quiet as Renewal Plans Shape its Blues Heritage
In Memphis Beale Street, once a lively hub for blues and river workers, quiets under urban renewal. Officials plan a tourist memorial and blue light district while residents fear loss of history and livelihoods. A new city building near Beale and Front reshapes traffic and nightlife as projects unfold.
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Memphis, Tenn
Eonin’ Son
Beale Street
Louis Miner
Harry Cohen
William Christopher Handy
Bealey
Memphis
Blues
Memphis Light Gas and Water Division
Beale
Front Streets
Mulberry Street