Pinch District, Memphis

It was originally located north of Market Street and south of the Bayou Gayoso, a stream that ran through (now under) downtown Memphis.

It was home to the earliest immigrant communities in Memphis, mainly Irish, Italian, Russian, Greek, and Jewish.

With the arrival of an NBA franchise, the Memphis Grizzlies, the fate of the Pyramid became grim as a new arena was constructed near Beale Street on the southern side of downtown.

The Pyramid now has been converted into a Bass Pro Shops megastore opened in May 2015, a hint that gentrification may be returning to the struggling neighborhood.

New research and office buildings will be located outside the existing St. Jude gates and will have public-facing retail and restaurant tenants at ground level.