I ate at Round the Corner a lot. Great restaurant and interesting way to order your meal.

I'd like a section on the 1960's/1970's. Could you do that for me? I grew up in Parkway Village when it was still a new suburban development. I remember on the corner of Perkins and Cottonwood where the gas station was (something like Zee now), there used to be a farm, with mules. From Cottonwood going west, there was nothing but farm land. From Perkins going North, there was nothing but farm land. Where the gas station was (is), there was an old African American man who plowed that area with his mule. They grew a garden I think.

Later (in the 1970's, in the area where Mall of Memphis was built, there was a place called Al's Golf Haven. You could hit baseballs in the batting cage (my brother loved to do this), you could eat a vanilla icecream cone dipped in chocolate (I wish I could have just 1 more!) get hotdogs and what not. And the best thing they had there was the Suislide, the very tall slide structure which you could slide down on a burlap bag. My parents would take us here every other Friday, (I think we went to Pete & Sam's on the other Fridays) anyway, we could go there and spend our evening, us kids sliding all evening.

I had a large bank of memories of Parkway Village in the 70's, including TG&Y, the donut shop, Safety Town (went with my best friend), Girl Scouts at the church next door to Parkway Village Library. Many hours at the library reading books and magazines, and researching papers, doing homework ect. The movie theatre (saw so many movies there).

Anyway, I'll check back here if you will open up comments for Parkway Village in the 60's and 70's. I know a few others who would be willing to list all of the stores, (they have a better memory than me), restuarants, other stuff too.

Anyway, thanks for the memories.

Any photos (particular interior) of Children's Palace? It was an old toy store on American Way, if I remember correctly. The building is still there (or at least it was the last time I was there). I have many great memories from that place.

There was a Children's Palace on American Way there -- it looked very similar to the one we had in Raleigh across the street from the Raleigh Springs Mall. You're right, the building is still there -- it's now a New Horizons training center. I spent a lot of time in the mid to late 80s at the Mall Of Memphis - it's hard to drive by the Perkins exit on the south leg of 240 and see that huge field now.

There was a little cove off Quince where families did their Christmas lights with common decorations. There would always be something new each year. I miss that.

I pretty much grew up in Memphis during the 60's. We would go to Beretta's restaurant every Friday night for dinner. My family was Catholic - I hated fish. It was really embarrasing to see me with a bowl of Corn Flakes! LOL! However - the deep dish apple pie was ALWAYS great! Now turn your car around on Park Avenue with your back to Highland and head over to Getwell where the big A & W Rootbeer mug was on the roof of the building. A burger there was too much to hold with one hand and the frozen mug would frost over your draft rootbeer with ice! Those were some great times. When I was 12, I had a paper route that encompassed about 3 blocks from Central Avenue all the way through the Memphis State Campus. We lived on Norriswood at the time. It's all campus now - but some great memories. At the age of 15 I worked for the old Mount-Whittington Animal Clinic on Southern Avenue. Doc Mount and the beloved Kenneth Whittington are long gone home to be with the Lord, but I guess Cullum Greene is still around. I'm glad I found this site - I'll be back around to "re-live" the days of walking up and down Highland Avenue. That was first experience with black lights that were sold in the "hippie" shop just south of the radio station. WOW - I can't remember where I went to the bathroom last - but I can remember all this. Jimmy McNamara