Harbor Town, Memphis

at , Memphis , 38103 United States

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Description

Harbor Town is an upscale, new urbanist-style neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. Harbor Town sits atop 132 acres on a sandbar known as Mud Island. The neighborhood emphasizes the human, not the automobile, and interaction between neighbors is encouraged. It was the collaborative effort of Memphis native and downtown developer Henry Turley, RTKL of Baltimore, Looney, Ricks and Kiss architectural firm from Memphis and consultant, Tony Bologna. They made a simple book that plainly told "do this and don't do that"- development guidelines that would grow Harbor Town into the kind of community now known as New Urbanism. Today, Harbor Town is dense and walkable, offering traditional row houses, contemporary homes, apartments, shops, restaurants, schools, parks, and a marina. It is much studied by city planners from all over the world. Today the trees are mature, the cars are tucked away into alleys behind houses, the river beckons, and the downtown core is a stones throw away.GeographyHarbor Town is located just northwest of Downtown Memphis, Tennessee on Mud Island along the Mississippi River.BusinessesHarbor Town is home to the upscale, European-style 28 room boutique hotel called the "River Inn", which houses the much-acclaimed romantic restaurant "Paulette's", and a year-round rooftop bar and restaurant overlooking the Mississippi River called "Terrace". A neighborhood bar and grill called "Tugs" is across the street from The River Inn. Also on the island is a grocery store, Miss Cordelia's, which is similar to Trader Joe's or Whole Foods but smaller. There is also a full-service spa, a coffee shop called "Café Eclectic", a women's clothing store called "The Ivory Closet", the "Nail Bar", which offers a glass of wine with a mani-pedi, "Happy Days" dry cleaning, a pizza restaurant called "Movie and Pizza Company", and a gym. A Montessori school is located in Harbor Town, where children can go until age 13. There is a foreign-language immersion day-care center where children learn Spanish. There is a marina with slips that can be owned or rented.

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Summary

Harbor Town, Memphis is Memphis based place and this enity listed in Neighborhood category. 38103.