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The New Tom Lee: America’s Newest Riverfront Destination Opens Along the Mighty Mississippi River

Neighborhood Board September 3, 2023 Tom Lee Park

Tom Lee Park, a newly transformed, 31-acre riverfront park running alongside the Mississippi River in downtown Memphis, reopened Saturday, September 2, 2023, in time for…

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History Planning & Urbanism

Brief History of Riverside Drive in Historic Photos

Mark Fleischer March 17, 2019 Don Newman Collection E.H. Boss Crump Memphis City Beautiful Commission Riverfront Redevelopment Riverside Drive Tom Lee Park Works Progress Administration WPA

Before Tom Lee Park, Riverside Drive evolved from an unstable bank along the bluff in the 1930s to a scenic drive – “a fresh beautiful…

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Planning & Urbanism

The Concept Behind the Riverfront Redevelopment

Urban Design Review Board March 15, 2019 Arch Inc.Civic Commons Downtown Memphis Commission Fourth Bluff Greenbelt Park Memphis Memphis in May Memphis River Parks Partnership Mississippi River MLK Park Mud Island Riverfront Redevelopment Studio Gang Tom Lee Park

The Reimagining of Tom Lee Park is just one part of the plan Since its release to the public a month ago, the proposal for…

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Opinion

The Green Issue. It’s Not Easy Being Green

Mark Fleischer March 1, 2019 BBQ Fest Memphis in May Mud Island Monorail Music Fest Pyramid Riverside Drive Seinfeld Tom Cruise Tom Lee Park

It’s not easy being green. ~Kermit the Frog Think back on your favorite long-running sitcom. Got it? Now think back on the very first episode…

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Opinion

Memphis Deserves a River Park Plan That Meets Festival Demands

Kathy Edmundson-Ferguson February 28, 2019 BBQ Fest Beale Street Music Festival Memphis in May Memphis River Parks Partnership Music Fest Tom Lee Park

Let me begin by admitting my bias. I have been a Memphis in May International Festival fan and event attendee all of my adult life.…

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