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 Restored Victorian house |
679 Adams Avenue (Between New Orleans and Neely) Memphis, TN 38105 United States +1 901 524 1886 |
This Victorian Village restaurant occupies the Mollie Fontaine House, built in 1886. Salads of endive topped with grilled pineapple and mango and Thai-spiced pork dumplings are outstanding starters. Follow with the salmon filet with lemon-tamarind sauce and a green tomato croquette or the roast duck breast with orange-cinnamon sauce. Other menu items show Caribbean, Cuban and Spanish influences.The wine list is heavy on chardonnays and merlots. There is a full bar with especially good martinis. From the gold-leafed ceiling to the custom covers on the bar stools, this is the epitome of "lux." Even the chargers under the plates are hand-blown glass. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Memphis United States |
Downtown Memphis grew from the warehouses that stored cotton and other goods shipped up and down the Mississippi River. For much of Memphis' history, this meant that the riverfront was just a place for commerce. Now, when you take a ride on the paddlewheel boats that run regular tours from the Memphis harbor, you can spot joggers on the Riverfront Walk, visitors on Mud Island and elegant homes along the bluffs (including Cybill Shepard's--look for the round window). Visitors can take a beautifully restored trolley car up Main Street and stop at the Pyramid arena, grab a bite and a brew in one of the Pinch Historic District pubs, loop back to the south to see the Orpheum Theatre and continue on down to the Civil Rights Museum, located in the old Lorraine Motel, site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 In the Historic Lorraine Motel |
450 Mulberry St (South of Beale St) Memphis, TN 38103 United States +1 901 521 9699 http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/ |
While speaking on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. You can relive history here by visiting the balcony and Dr. King's room, restored as it was when he was here to support the Sanitation Worker's strike. Through interactive multimedia exhibits you participate in the civil rights movement and learn its history from the 1600s through Rosa Parks and the freedom riders until today. Admission: USD12 adults, USD10 seniors and college students, USD8.50 children (4-17). Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The heart of Memphis |
149 Union Ave (at Second Street) Memphis, TN 38103 United States +1 901 529 4000 / +1 800 732 2639 (Toll Free) http://www.peabodymemphis.com/ |
This place is a true southern original - perhaps the only hotel in the world where ducks live on the roof and ride the elevator to the main floor and promptly march to the lobby fountain every day at 10a. Restored to its late 19th-century elegance, the Peabody is the heart that pumps Memphis social life. On any given weekend, you can sit in the lobby bar and watch people come and go from charity events, weddings and high school proms. With its central location two blocks from Beale Street and its two superb restaurants, Dux and Chez Phillippe, the Peabody is well worth the cost. Famous guests that have stayed here include Robert E. Lee and William Faulkner. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Gothic-style cathedral |
672-92 Poplar Avenue (Between Alabama and Hamlin) Memphis, TN 38105 United States +1 901 527 3361 |
Builders of churches in the U.S. in the 19th and early 20th centuries tended to borrow their designs from much older European constructions. Thus, this white stone cathedral, built in the late 1800s and early 1900s has the look of a 13th-century Gothic church from a town in Bavaria. W. Halsey Wood, the architect of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, designed it. Look for the altar dedicated to the nurses who died after contracting yellow fever from their patients during the epidemic of 1878. Many were treated here, in the previous St. Mary's building. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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