Several years ago the rail bed was converted into the Shelby Farms Greenline, a popular paved exercise trail for non-motorized traffic.

There are approximately 4,000 residents and 1,800 homes (most of which are examples of early post-World War II minimal traditional design) in the area.

[1][2] The NRHP is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

The neighborhood has a literary connection: In the late 1950s the great American playwright Tennessee Williams wrote the play "Period of Adjustment", which is subtitled "High Point is Built on a Cavern".

(It is well-known that Williams had many Memphis connections, and IMDB lists the movie setting as "High Point, Tennessee".)