Downtown art museum’s veiled design: ‘It is exceeding our expectations’

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: September 17, 2020 11:34 PM CT | Published: September 17, 2020 11:34 PM CT
<strong>Seen from the top of the Cotton Exchange Building, the intersection at Union Avenue and Front Street in Downtown Memphis is the proposed site of the $110 million Brooks Museum of Art.</strong> (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)

Seen from the top of the Cotton Exchange Building, the intersection at Union Avenue and Front Street in Downtown Memphis is the proposed site of the $110 million Brooks Museum of Art. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)

A celebratory grand reveal of the design concept had been scheduled for March 25. The pandemic and social distancing put that event in long-term limbo, but the design work has continued.

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Brooks Museum of Art Emily Ballew Neff
Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.


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