There are 8 article(s) tagged Friends for Our Riverfront:

• July 2024

  • Appeal in Brooks Museum construction lawsuit alleges mistake by judge

    Friends for Our Riverfront argue a June ruling denying their motions to halt Brooks Museum construction “improperly departed from the course of judicial conduct.”

    By Bill Dries July 25, 2024

  • Opponents of Downtown art museum will try again to stop construction

    They want a public walkway along the bluff to continue at ground level. The museum’s plans call for a public area atop the museum that offers a view of the riverbluff.

    By Bill Dries July 03, 2024

• June 2024

  • Art museum construction can continue Downtown, court rules

    A Friday court ruling denies a request by opponents of the museum’s construction who sought a temporary injunction last September to stop construction on the riverfront.

    By Bill Dries June 28, 2024

• October 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: The Brooks will ‘interrupt and steal’ the riverwalk

    “This is Memphis’s chance to correct something for the good of the community. I hope that the current ‘powers that be’ reconsider the placement of this museum.”

    By Letters to the Editor October 08, 2023

• September 2023

  • Brooks Museum says stopping work for court fight could cost $7M

    The lawsuit, due for its first hearing later this month, is a deep dive into past disputes about how to use the “public promenade” the city’s founders created more than 200 years ago.

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2023

• August 2023

  • Chancery Court order could halt construction of Downtown Brooks museum

    Chancellor Melanie Taylor-Jefferson proposed halting construction on the new Brooks Museum of Art Downtown, contingent on Friends for Our Riverfront posting a bond that would cover the cost of stopping construction.

    By Bill Dries August 31, 2023

  • Riverfront group, including Overton Heirs, sues to stop new Brooks construction

    The Chancery Court lawsuit seeks to stop construction on the new riverfront Brooks Museum, charging violations of the terms of the “public promenade” established when the city was founded in 1819.

    By Bill Dries August 25, 2023

• July 2023

  • Brooks Museum faces mediation over planned site

    Friends for Our Riverfront, a local group dedicated to protecting the city’s riverfront promenade for public use, is legally challenging the museum’s right to build at the Downtown site. 

    By Keely Brewer July 19, 2023