MEMPHIS DESIGNS A GREAT GREEN SPACE FOR EVERYONE

Alex Bozikovic | Toronto Globe & Mail

On a recent sunny Sunday, the people of Memphis, Tenn., found common ground...That is just what the designers of the 31-acre park, architects Studio Gang and landscape architects SCAPE, had been hoping for: a group of people young and old, Black and white, enjoying a grand public space. The revitalized park is part of a larger effort to bring the city’s riverfront back to life and bring new public space to this historic – and historically segregated – city.