And with photo 53 on Hwy 51, we finally arrive at the doorsteps of Graceland (Enterprises, that is!)
It took long enough, but we've finally arrived from Southaven, to our tourist destination: so tell 'cilla we made it! Actually, I believe the correct name is "Elvis Presley Enterprises" (not "Graceland Enterprises", ooops, and "thank you very much")! In my 2012 series covering retail in this area, I ended up posting zero photos of anything actually Graceland-related, so I aim to correct that a bit with this five years later series.
What we're looking at here is just south of, and almost directly across the street from Graceland itself. Google Earth shows the area where something is under construction in the distance as being the site of an old apartment complex, with Graceland-tourist related shops, etc. once on the land closer to E.P. Blvd. in the foreground. The apartments were demolished sometime between 2008 and 2010. In turn, all the old Elvis-related buildings once here (an Elvis car museum, and the Graceland Visitors Center) were very recently demolished (still seen in just March of this year, per that street view link), with this massive new visitors center (and presumably new museum) currently being built much further back off the street. The most recent satellite view still shows the old structures as well, with the new complex (of very impressive size!) being built behind them. All that stuff should be ready by the next Elvis tourist season in 2018...
And with photo 53 on Hwy 51, we finally arrive at the doorsteps of Graceland (Enterprises, that is!)
It took long enough, but we've finally arrived from Southaven, to our tourist destination: so tell 'cilla we made it! Actually, I believe the correct name is "Elvis Presley Enterprises" (not "Graceland Enterprises", ooops, and "thank you very much")! In my 2012 series covering retail in this area, I ended up posting zero photos of anything actually Graceland-related, so I aim to correct that a bit with this five years later series.
What we're looking at here is just south of, and almost directly across the street from Graceland itself. Google Earth shows the area where something is under construction in the distance as being the site of an old apartment complex, with Graceland-tourist related shops, etc. once on the land closer to E.P. Blvd. in the foreground. The apartments were demolished sometime between 2008 and 2010. In turn, all the old Elvis-related buildings once here (an Elvis car museum, and the Graceland Visitors Center) were very recently demolished (still seen in just March of this year, per that street view link), with this massive new visitors center (and presumably new museum) currently being built much further back off the street. The most recent satellite view still shows the old structures as well, with the new complex (of very impressive size!) being built behind them. All that stuff should be ready by the next Elvis tourist season in 2018...