Question flipped about buildings: ‘What does Overton Park want?’
A reflecting pond could be created on the Rust Hall site as planners seek to find a way to reuse Overton Park's signature buildings. (brg3s)
A partnership of professionals is using social media to promote their loosely defined proposal for reusing Rust Hall and Brooks art museum buildings at Overton Park.
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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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