There are 11 article(s) tagged Audubon Park:

• January 2023

  • Council member proposes name change for Audubon Park

    The Memphis City Council is also expected to take up the Dream hotel project on South Main and a damage deposit proposal for Memphis in May’s return to Tom Lee Park.

    By Bill Dries January 24, 2023

  • Opinion: We must rename Audubon Park

    “My concern is with a controversial name that is still attached to one of this city’s most prominent and widely used regional parks ... Audubon Park, named for artist and naturalist John James Audubon.”

    By Thelma Crivens January 23, 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: ‘Our parks should not become political, race-related objects’

    “I have never heard anyone associate the name Audubon with racism. Our parks should not become political, race-related objects! How many taxpayers’ dollars are paid for unnecessary, renamed street signs and new park signs?”

    By Letters to the Editor January 23, 2023

• November 2022

  • Compromise could cost Audubon Park golf course one of its holes

    The compromise announced by Memphis City Council members Ford Canale and Chase Carlisle Monday, Oct. 31, does away with a hole in the expanded golf course by the park’s lake.

    By Bill Dries November 01, 2022

• October 2022

  • ‘Charged environment’ pervades Audubon Park public meeting

    Memphis Parks director Nick Walker told a crowd at a public meeting Wednesday, “I don’t want to mislead you into thinking that it is our intention to do a wholesale change on this.”

    By Bill Dries October 20, 2022

• September 2022

  • City Council approves $16.5 million in parks projects line items

    The set of a dozen appropriation resolutions topped a relatively uneventful council agenda Tuesday, Sept. 27.

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    By Bill Dries September 27, 2022

  • Audubon Park redesign draws heckler, questions at groundbreaking

    Neighbors of the park generally supported the new playground and picnic pavilion planned, but voiced concerns about a rendering from earlier this month that appeared to show the park’s lake as part of the golf course expansion. The city’s parks director says the rendering wasn’t accurate.

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Gonerfest, Veganfest, Arcade fest and Martin/Short

    This week, Crosstown Arts screens a Japanese gangster film, Cynthia Daniels hosts five parties in one and the Pink Palace Crafts Fair is back for the 50th time.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington September 22, 2022

  • Audubon Park golf course tees up complete redesign

    The Audubon Park golf course will change dramatically with the redesign; every hole will be part of the project and the course itself will be expanded. 

    By Alicia Davidson September 14, 2022

  • Audubon Park could earn spot on the National Register of Historic Places

    “For more than seventy years, Audubon Park has been a significant site of recreation and entertainment for Memphis residents,” the proposal states. A state board will consider the proposal in two weeks.

    By Ian Round September 01, 2022

• September 2021

  • Oh, snap: A few of our favorite photos

    This week’s images capture moments of patriotism, school spirit, civic pride and woodland solitude. Cast your vote for the best one.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 18, 2021