Driving Directions

My office is directly behind Amro Music on Poplar Ave., between the Poplar overpass and the new Central Library. I am in a one-story red brick office building, called the Racine Building. It is one of only two buildings that are on that side of the street.  Racine Street is the next street over from Tillman (parallel to Tillman). You can turn onto Racine from either Poplar or Walnut Grove. There is free parking at the door. If that area is full, there is additional free parking behind the building, or across the street. 

 

If you are coming from the east, head inbound on either Poplar or Walnut Grove. After you cross Highland, you will soon go past East High School and then the new Central Library. The next stop light is Tillman. Racine is one very short block past Tillman. If you are on Poplar, you will want to be in the right lane, and have your right blinker going as soon as you cross Tillman. If you are on Walnut Grove, do the same thing, except you will be turning to the left.

If you are coming from downtown or midtown, I strongly suggest coming out Union / Walnut Grove.  There are too many times when it is difficult and/or dangerous to turn left off of Poplar onto Racine, so I suggest that you head straight out Union Ave. After you pass East Parkway and Hollywood/Alicia, you will go over an overpass. This is where Union changes names and becomes Walnut Grove. Just remember that you want to stay on Walnut Grove until after the overpass; you do NOT want to get onto Poplar (unless you want to take a chance on that awkward left turn onto Racine). While you are on the overpass, you will pass an exit for Flicker Street, and then the 2 main lanes will curve to the left, past an exit for eastbound Poplar traffic. Stay to the left, to stay on Walnut Grove. Get into the right lane. You will curve back to the right past a liquor store and a big electric substation. Racine is the first street on the right. There is a convenience store and a small dry cleaner at that corner. You will turn right onto Racine, and my office is in the first building on the right. Go to the door next to the small white sign that has my name on it. There is a black box next to that door that has several doorbell buttons on it. Ring the bell next to my name. (There are times when I cannot hear that bell ringing. If you have an appointment, but nobody is answering the doorbell, please call me from your cell phone at 901/543-5045.)