Memphis parks blooming with springtime plantings and construction
An 8-foot-high aluminum Afro pick is the latest art installation in Fourth Bluff Park and is in place through May. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
The spring growth includes new tree plantings overlooking Tom Lee Park as well as new community centers in Berclair and South Memphis and a new art installation Downtown.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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