MISSISSIPPI MASTERPIECE

Jack Murphy | The Architect’s Newspaper

“While the city continues to struggle with poverty and the spatial consequences of racism in the American South, it shows encouraging signs of rebirth: Yes, there’s the Bass Pro Shop pyramid in the nearby Pinch District, but Tom Lee Park is bigger and better...Tom Lee Park is a major infrastructure investment for the city, but it is meaningful for Black Memphians in particular. The amenity is blocks away from several historically Black neighborhoods, and park access was segregated in earlier eras.”