Amid a battle over public use of the river bluff, the Brooks Museum announced new details of a proposed open rooftop park at its planned Downtown location.

The event space is available for use, but finishing touches — including an air wall, artwork and drapery — will be added by Oct. 1.

The new location, a 30,000-square-foot space at 107 S. Main St., will feature four concepts. Each concept will be a smaller type of restaurant.

The scene at the center of Tom Lee Park this first week has felt like different types of Memphians — different ages and races, but even more so people from different neighborhoods and economic status — sharing free, open space, in a way that’s too rare. 

A missing-person report for Tamia Taylor, 21, was filed Sunday, Sept. 10, the day after she disappeared after celebrating her birthday with friends on the Island Queen Booze Cruise.

In addition to bringing back its “Ultimate Weekend Brunch” on Sundays, The Majestic Grille is also debuting Sunday Roast as it reopens for service seven days of the week. 

A partnership between Downtown Memphis Commission and Women’s Business Center South, the program provides emerging retail entrepreneurs with access to vacant storefronts on Main Street, where they can test their market strategies and contribute to the city’s retail ecosystem. 

Memphis Light, Gas and Water said a failure at Substation 3 caused the outage, and there are multiple crews trying trying to restore power.

The development project would add 150 new hotel rooms Downtown and provide on-site parking at a nearby facility.

After a five-year rollout plan that highlighted a well-documented demolition and a $61 million renovation, Memphis’ signature public park makes its return.

Nearly three years after work began on the $62 million redesign, the Downtown Memphis space along the Mississippi River will have a formal opening Saturday, Sept. 2. Here’s what to expect.

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.

Located at 276 S. Front St., the “fast casual” restaurant will include a bar with eight seats, a full patio with six tables and a Lego-built hive in the window. 

New Memphis hosted “Spillit: Baggage Claim,” an event honoring local teachers with its 2023 Educators of Excellence awards and providing them with an open forum to share their stories.

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.

“This event is a great community outreach,” said local artist David Yancy III as he led an art workshop at the Ravine in Memphis’ Edge District. 

The announcement follows the injuries of eight people during a shooting at South B.B. King Boulevard and Peabody Place at 2:33 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 13.

In an email to its barbecue teams, Memphis in May President Jim Holt says the festival is “exploring venue options other than Tom Lee Park for the future.”

For 901 Day, Cristina McCarter is looking for “any Memphis-made business owner or maker that is very ‘Memphis eccentric.’”

The project “increases Downtown housing options and diversity of offerings by adding unique cottage-style housing product to the market,” according to a report from the Downtown Memphis Commission.

Midsouth Coffee and Tea Co. is seeking a $30,000 grant from the Center City Development Corp., an affiliate of the Downtown Memphis Commission,

Three new pitchers now in the starting rotation for the Memphis Redbirds are essentially auditioning for the same role with the 2024 St. Louis Cardinals. 

The celebration featured drinks, live music from the Shufflegrit band, family games, a western-themed photo booth, dogs up for adoption, raffle prizes, a silent auction and a doggie pool party for the attending canines. 

Memphis River Parks Partnership president and CEO Carol Coletta talks on “Behind The Headlines” about the road to the September opening of the redesigned Tom Lee Park.