Sights and Scenes: Downtown Memphis

Sights and scenes around the streets of Downtown Memphis.

West along Madison Avenue.

Looking south on South Main Street.

Memphis Union Station is a Beaux-Arts style passenger rail station that was completed in 1912.

The National Civil Rights Museum originally opened on July 4, 1991. The museum is built around the former Lorraine Motel, which was the site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968

South Main Street.

South Main Street.

The MATA Trolley is a 6.3 mile heritage streetcar transit system that began operating on April 29, 1993.

The Tennessee Brewery is a luxury apartment complex that was built at a former brewery complex that dates back to 1890.

The Orpheum Theatre was originally completed in 1928.

The Renasant Convention Center includes a 118,000 square foot column free exhibition hall, the largest in the region.

The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, The University of Memphis on South Front Street.

Parks along the Mississippi River. Click here to see more images of the riverfront park system.