tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182807662024-03-16T02:29:17.965-05:00Friends for Our Riverfront (FfOR)Our mission is to promote revitalization of the Memphis Riverfront as green space for public enjoyment, preserving its historic, natural, and aesthetic character.freshbitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740579305361371051noreply@blogger.comBlogger653125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-88134499492455341932023-09-07T16:47:00.007-05:002023-09-07T16:58:35.138-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b>WE HAVE A NEW SITE!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b>CLICK</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" dir="rtl" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-------> <a href="http://www.memphisriverfrontconservancy.org" target="_blank"><b><i>H E R E</i></b></a> <-------</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><b style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">FOR THE CURRENT NEWS</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Webmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06622467504099245508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-38934318248148917032023-08-24T17:20:00.002-05:002023-08-24T17:51:53.263-05:00The City, Brooks Museum, and a block of the Memphis Riverfront (that's part of the historic Promenade)What seemingly began as a consultant's recommendation for a relatively small "cultural amenity" on the riverbluff at Union and Front Street has ballooned into a massive building project that covers an entire block, leaves no space for a greenway, and violates an easement that provides free access to all Memphians.
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Neither the City nor Brooks owns the property. The City has an easement to the land as a Public Promenade, and a duty to protect it. <div><br /></div><div>Since 2017, Friends for Our Riverfront has been trying to work with Brooks to find a way that a new museum would not cause enforcement of the easement. We have written letters, attended meetings, and entered into formal mediation, but with no success.
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Therefore on Tuesday, FfOR filed a Complaint in Chancery Court against the City and Brooks. We are petitioning the court for a Temporary Restraining Order, Temporary Injunction, and Permanent Injunction.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ddnt2owvmcgwtcpiigt7s/2023.8.22.-FFOR-Complaint-File-Stamped-with-Exhibits.pdf?rlkey=6mxa94arf9gju0x5rncbc5sc2&dl=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> to read. </div><div><br /></div>
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And a little glossary: </div><div>Promenade: a place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure or for exercise, especially by a sea, lake, or river. </div><div>Easement: a legal right to cross or otherwise use someone else's land for a specified purpose </div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-43938123302970544652023-07-19T23:44:00.001-05:002023-08-07T19:18:43.629-05:00Why would Memphis settle for anything less?<p>Detroit riverfront is loved, beautiful, free, public, connected, growing - Voted the best riverfwalk in the US for 3 consecutive years by readers of USA Today. </p><div
<p> Memphis, we can do it, too. Protect our right to promenade. Don't let Brooks block the route.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YNQE2DWEev8" width="429" youtube-src-id="YNQE2DWEev8"></iframe></div><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-4695927009507332372023-06-27T21:16:00.002-05:002023-07-03T14:44:22.891-05:00The Good News<p>Having a continuous greenway along our Riverbluff is possible and momentum is building. It simply doesn't make sense to allow the Brooks Museum to block the route!</p><p>The <b>good</b> news - <b>there's a long-standing easement that protects the land as a Public Promenade for all of us.</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCu82xLkdL0ebGTNquFzMmBkOIsXV_jEkNRG007OockeWYVCViAsV5TaAQFgJzgmXTHz8Iwg0iAJj36ODQWTIIi6IOCgAXkTCtopJaHWEUgxpBIgAJN1IieX4UIlz1Xc3hFNkdgcxfKlpjMbZqNtjPDY6bo2iAxaBzXcIjEPUvCF2Ix4L49wprmw/s618/map%20cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="618" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCu82xLkdL0ebGTNquFzMmBkOIsXV_jEkNRG007OockeWYVCViAsV5TaAQFgJzgmXTHz8Iwg0iAJj36ODQWTIIi6IOCgAXkTCtopJaHWEUgxpBIgAJN1IieX4UIlz1Xc3hFNkdgcxfKlpjMbZqNtjPDY6bo2iAxaBzXcIjEPUvCF2Ix4L49wprmw/w390-h154/map%20cropped.jpg" width="390" /></a> </div><p>We are currently in talks with the City to resolve the issue and have been assured no construction will begin until we've had a chance to participate in formal mediation in mid-July. </p><p>If you'd like to submit ideas or suggestions, please email us at info@friendsforourriverfront.org</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-825862287405102702023-05-23T18:26:00.000-05:002023-05-23T18:26:58.974-05:00It's possible - a continuous, connected greenway <div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMn4R8Dfr2ilfDdJi-dFMymhUbw0KQxc23Lydkm3aVFDZXyK-AMkydlZzPDvtF7s1GL2HSzuQHziMS8YhgAuv9V5rgo7D6RqEB9zX3d3G85jJlThiwN1F_rcVZCVt9ktG4QtLGepK4IVLL2zF3cwzmkm5aJWFF5kusq3QL5y84FIoa6Gjwr8/s640/340648981_607614114720071_2284210607308520106_n.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMn4R8Dfr2ilfDdJi-dFMymhUbw0KQxc23Lydkm3aVFDZXyK-AMkydlZzPDvtF7s1GL2HSzuQHziMS8YhgAuv9V5rgo7D6RqEB9zX3d3G85jJlThiwN1F_rcVZCVt9ktG4QtLGepK4IVLL2zF3cwzmkm5aJWFF5kusq3QL5y84FIoa6Gjwr8/s320/340648981_607614114720071_2284210607308520106_n.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">You know if we work at it, Memphis can have a continuous, connected greenway from The Big River Crossing to Wolf River Greenway. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If Brooks Museum wants to go downtown, they should play by the rules and not block the route.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-66951715956287866392023-05-18T23:08:00.001-05:002023-05-18T23:08:56.053-05:00MIM International Barbecue Contest Back on the Riverfront<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaE5kFKXZTy_avh9vNV1pJvFTVHY1GnhIEYC46LeUuWx7Qt_pjZQhhxOi2EWR3uw1yzYgsfhkv7RIUMaODsqG8McHNHfdXlLBoR2tzrwf6m__aLnHDF4QWtYTL-mUYQPOEzZkBXXBlPu74ARqWaPkWSMQ2fOTTX9lFF_ZurIGgFbxSCxYKVUQ/s576/BBQ%20contest.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaE5kFKXZTy_avh9vNV1pJvFTVHY1GnhIEYC46LeUuWx7Qt_pjZQhhxOi2EWR3uw1yzYgsfhkv7RIUMaODsqG8McHNHfdXlLBoR2tzrwf6m__aLnHDF4QWtYTL-mUYQPOEzZkBXXBlPu74ARqWaPkWSMQ2fOTTX9lFF_ZurIGgFbxSCxYKVUQ/s320/BBQ%20contest.jpg"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-79399296893817728072023-05-02T14:43:00.005-05:002023-05-02T14:48:44.534-05:00Beale Street Music Fest Back in Tom Lee Park this Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPBUX3kV6JmkjcfLuZsyMPWPUG4Y02LNSPeg5Dy4uzARh93xvpPFUylkDkX3IaiRPj7nAvwvYNIS430IG72m-OsCauBH7F7XWZAm0TxcjChEgMfiSFvQqSo1uhkNhBpYfosykfCXcDfiwgNWxiFd8Ex5uq2pg8-I1AnC0VlmJAmgx3FXL14U/s1500/BSMF%20map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="1500" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPBUX3kV6JmkjcfLuZsyMPWPUG4Y02LNSPeg5Dy4uzARh93xvpPFUylkDkX3IaiRPj7nAvwvYNIS430IG72m-OsCauBH7F7XWZAm0TxcjChEgMfiSFvQqSo1uhkNhBpYfosykfCXcDfiwgNWxiFd8Ex5uq2pg8-I1AnC0VlmJAmgx3FXL14U/w356-h98/BSMF%20map.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Beale Street Music Fest returns to Tom Lee Park this weekend (May 5-, 2003) !</span></div><p>Thank you, "I Love Memphis". The blog has pulled together all the information you need: a map, link to purchase tickets, and a list of performers showing when they perform and on what stage. Click <a href="https://ilovememphisblog.com/memphis-in-mays-beale-street-music-festival-lineup" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-83455878147810414692023-04-03T00:45:00.001-05:002023-05-17T13:25:03.190-05:00Current Brooks Museum Design is a DEAD END for the Bluffwalk<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTIAug8Kc4XuzeGm72lh82FR6StEHic46nnJyaW-SgCdr2kapxpB4GlyBmwwwXLx5Oj6-5xPEjgS-dL00eQusB2xUJUMT4PA-GiydSw0ILX9x8RNkJYP-Zc8WZoT6H1Qbr9sh7XsWWLTnrUW_tAl4pFtN0ZUcQim5ZhunIX-zO1IWRzx_RZw/s780/south%20wall.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="780" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTIAug8Kc4XuzeGm72lh82FR6StEHic46nnJyaW-SgCdr2kapxpB4GlyBmwwwXLx5Oj6-5xPEjgS-dL00eQusB2xUJUMT4PA-GiydSw0ILX9x8RNkJYP-Zc8WZoT6H1Qbr9sh7XsWWLTnrUW_tAl4pFtN0ZUcQim5ZhunIX-zO1IWRzx_RZw/w268-h263/south%20wall.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><b>But it can be corrected.</b> We can have both - continue the Bluffwalk and add a museum. We've been told it's an easy fix. <p></p><p>We crossed the Mississippi. We connected to the Wolf River Greenway. We built the Bluffwalk. We cannot stop now. Memphis has wanted a connected system of parks along our riverfront forever.</p><p>On <b>Wednesday, April 5, the Design Review Board</b> is scheduled to review the current dead-end design. <b>Tell them you want the review postponed and the design fixed. Email <a href="mailto:Roler@downtownmemphis.com">Brett Roler</a> today.</b> It's important. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-82070265467521908352023-04-02T23:48:00.001-05:002023-05-17T13:25:03.190-05:00Design for Brooks on the Bluff<p>Plans were made available Wednesday for the proposed "Brooks on the Bluff". You may find them confusing, but please take a careful look. Click <a href="https://downtownmemphis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Brooks-Museum-65-S.-Front_DRB-Application_FINAL.pdf">HERE</a> to see the proposal. </p><p>The museum's planned site is the block where the fire station and parking garage were torn down. But there's no Bluffwalk!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKC_O9bIEu_SRIqwVfmDl3CWgyBudbOoGl7WZgbHtN5nqw6aR4PsDfpnWIc9UrHW0X9tk3jNxaD2X3GM852b27Nb3SColDFYEviA-7chKAve_HbYLLBxWCvGIf-n_d7AM9q38A3ReZaxRmp9SGRLj6h0cHOSoTEs3N-tHPn--ttp47yUwo5U/s1270/Brooks%20w%20view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="1270" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKC_O9bIEu_SRIqwVfmDl3CWgyBudbOoGl7WZgbHtN5nqw6aR4PsDfpnWIc9UrHW0X9tk3jNxaD2X3GM852b27Nb3SColDFYEviA-7chKAve_HbYLLBxWCvGIf-n_d7AM9q38A3ReZaxRmp9SGRLj6h0cHOSoTEs3N-tHPn--ttp47yUwo5U/w400-h90/Brooks%20w%20view.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Review by the Design Review Board is set for this Wednesday (April 5). You may send comments to <a href="mailto:Roler@downtownmemphis.com">Brett Roler</a>. Ask that the review be postponed until a Bluffwalk is added. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-78190947659022245982023-04-02T22:40:00.002-05:002023-05-17T13:25:03.190-05:00Parking Garage & Fire Station Gone --- a Chance to Promenade Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJDHLB4QLVKtFn0BXGFpp2ryfEcBH2bCDq-JwQQtWh9fN5h8zyzz0kh4YbpmqQZMOXit1kx38h02JupyuNOFmNVjmqrPxiIVDmODwmrctnkcZsgjHCS4VH3-ZRHMtZ7NlGBpEF_BvCa4SBW2aSFAWta9omri3MvEcQUHicp4_kENkBMOYgcE/s576/IMG_5866.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJDHLB4QLVKtFn0BXGFpp2ryfEcBH2bCDq-JwQQtWh9fN5h8zyzz0kh4YbpmqQZMOXit1kx38h02JupyuNOFmNVjmqrPxiIVDmODwmrctnkcZsgjHCS4VH3-ZRHMtZ7NlGBpEF_BvCa4SBW2aSFAWta9omri3MvEcQUHicp4_kENkBMOYgcE/s320/IMG_5866.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The City tore their buildings down, opening up the block bounded by <div> Front Street on the east </div><div> Riverside Drive on the west </div><div> Union on the south</div><div> Monroe on the north. </div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E2rivTnniArG8jdUWWoLpw4F9dG2fr1mSLu44NXf9jgDJSCUq3JqHiCr0QVk7Ck5qNDKUe0pvewOjWi3-PjgdAHNnIQ4Gw7lRDK2LOhesydGkrX2C0pvhUD2Id-LZVyUx9QMyVtvKQv3Ik_k6ttXmKllwr_mU3h-KSWiJyjei0DVvpcFJII/s576/block%20with%20river.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E2rivTnniArG8jdUWWoLpw4F9dG2fr1mSLu44NXf9jgDJSCUq3JqHiCr0QVk7Ck5qNDKUe0pvewOjWi3-PjgdAHNnIQ4Gw7lRDK2LOhesydGkrX2C0pvhUD2Id-LZVyUx9QMyVtvKQv3Ik_k6ttXmKllwr_mU3h-KSWiJyjei0DVvpcFJII/s576/block%20with%20river.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E2rivTnniArG8jdUWWoLpw4F9dG2fr1mSLu44NXf9jgDJSCUq3JqHiCr0QVk7Ck5qNDKUe0pvewOjWi3-PjgdAHNnIQ4Gw7lRDK2LOhesydGkrX2C0pvhUD2Id-LZVyUx9QMyVtvKQv3Ik_k6ttXmKllwr_mU3h-KSWiJyjei0DVvpcFJII/s576/block%20with%20river.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E2rivTnniArG8jdUWWoLpw4F9dG2fr1mSLu44NXf9jgDJSCUq3JqHiCr0QVk7Ck5qNDKUe0pvewOjWi3-PjgdAHNnIQ4Gw7lRDK2LOhesydGkrX2C0pvhUD2Id-LZVyUx9QMyVtvKQv3Ik_k6ttXmKllwr_mU3h-KSWiJyjei0DVvpcFJII/s576/block%20with%20river.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E2rivTnniArG8jdUWWoLpw4F9dG2fr1mSLu44NXf9jgDJSCUq3JqHiCr0QVk7Ck5qNDKUe0pvewOjWi3-PjgdAHNnIQ4Gw7lRDK2LOhesydGkrX2C0pvhUD2Id-LZVyUx9QMyVtvKQv3Ik_k6ttXmKllwr_mU3h-KSWiJyjei0DVvpcFJII/s320/block%20with%20river.jpg" width="320" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: left;">It's a key section of our riverfront, and now there's an opportunity to continue the greenway system across it, along the bluff above the Mississippi River. </p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The land is part of the Public Promenade, set aside in 1819, for this very use. </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p></blockquote><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-54749276823174695352023-04-02T20:58:00.000-05:002023-04-02T20:58:29.256-05:00Memphis in May Back in Tom Lee Park for 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReTFPe5v7myQ7cAdvosLJujP55CkpcngWPFEJQEB_EcRIpiZci4EPFDPg-HmKXObt9Wr1pDkUyrlSXBdOMmf3k4fR8FyI7kHooXaUpTOjn48YsFnc1v3UUwb-53JBceQF-nRXDB9GEwjK7vkQ_fpO5z2ToCzdyySc1IGLtRg9AZ1bw-HF_UI/s432/MIM%20TLP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="432" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReTFPe5v7myQ7cAdvosLJujP55CkpcngWPFEJQEB_EcRIpiZci4EPFDPg-HmKXObt9Wr1pDkUyrlSXBdOMmf3k4fR8FyI7kHooXaUpTOjn48YsFnc1v3UUwb-53JBceQF-nRXDB9GEwjK7vkQ_fpO5z2ToCzdyySc1IGLtRg9AZ1bw-HF_UI/s320/MIM%20TLP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>After lots of controversy and with City help to underwrite any possible damage to the new landscaping of Tom Lee Park, Memphis in May has announced festival dates, posted the Music Festival lineup, and approved teams for Barbecue Festival. Check out the links below for more information, and let the good times roll.<p></p><p><a href="https://memphisinmay.org/events/international-salute-to-malaysia/" target="_blank">Salute to Malaysia</a>, May 1-31</p><p><a href="https://memphisinmay.org/events/beale-street-music-festival/" target="_blank">Beale Street Music Festival</a>, May 5-7</p><p><a href="https://memphisinmay.org/events/world-championship-barbecue-cooking-contest/" target="_blank">World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest</a>, May 17-20</p><p><a href="https://memphisinmay.org/events/great-american-river-run/" target="_blank">Great American River Run</a>, May 27.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-15469049726302924562022-04-27T20:43:00.002-05:002022-04-29T18:16:13.826-05:00Missing Memphis in May 2022 on the Riverfront<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoHiJEgzK5HAvURAQbOrMtHEXt9Snn0nkvBYPsBjlQPpPXMq31kfn1iKGgNvqtxoWO5niAyFTLQb1WNYYX7KofS7vPVDCUxicwiwK8SPktS-ejk0IbFNcLlPiYG6mL2XsdyLkm1k0ZauU7gucxy1-cCaUttg_A6mXgVG2gxxiITGQE2syr2s/s1400/18403990_1412760025471193_4855647127233038077_o-1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1400" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoHiJEgzK5HAvURAQbOrMtHEXt9Snn0nkvBYPsBjlQPpPXMq31kfn1iKGgNvqtxoWO5niAyFTLQb1WNYYX7KofS7vPVDCUxicwiwK8SPktS-ejk0IbFNcLlPiYG6mL2XsdyLkm1k0ZauU7gucxy1-cCaUttg_A6mXgVG2gxxiITGQE2syr2s/s320/18403990_1412760025471193_4855647127233038077_o-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />It feels strange not to see the set-up for Memphis in May on the riverfront. The City promises it'll be back in Tom Lee Park next year, but this year, Memphis in May will be held at Liberty Park, formerly known as the Fairgrounds and Libertyland. Click <a href="https://memphisinmay.org" target="_blank">HERE</a> for dates and to buy tickets. </div><p></p><p>For festival lovers, the Commercial Appeal posted these <a href="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/21/memphis-in-may-beale-street-music-festival-2022/9489749002/" target="_blank">22 fun Trivia Questions </a>(with answers at the end). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424; font-size: 14pt;"></span></b></p><a name='more'></a><b><span style="color: #242424; font-size: 14pt;">MEMPHIS IN MAY TRIVIA QUESTIONS:<o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">1. When the Memphis in May International Festival was launched in 1977, the first "honored country" was ____.</span></b><b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Saudi Arabia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">2. In 2020, the festival was canceled due to the COVID pandemic; in 2021, the international salute to Ghana was postponed due to the abbreviated nature of the festival and various pandemic-related travel restrictions. Twice before, the festival did not honor a specific country. The first time was 1996, when the 20th festival was presented as a salute to all previously honored countries; the second was 2019 when, in lieu of an honored "country," the designated honoree was ____.</span></b><b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Elvis Presley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Memphis and Shelby County<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) "America's first responders"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) "the blues"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">3. This year's honored country is Ghana. Excluding the "all countries" year of 1996, many times in the past has Memphis in May honored a country from Africa?</span></b><b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Once.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Three times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Six times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Never.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">4. Outside the "all countries" 1996 festival, what three nations have been an honored country twice? </span></b><b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Japan, Canada and the Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Russia, Spain and Mexico.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Brazil, France and the United Kingdom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Ireland, New Zealand and China.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">5. According to the Memphis in May website, which of these is</span></b><b><i><span style="color: #242424;"> not</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #242424;"> among the criteria considered by the festival board when it selects an honored country?</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) "Cultural depth and importance."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) "Positive diplomatic relations with the U.S."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) "Ethnic links to Memphis and the Mid-South."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) "$. Show us the $."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">6. Who was James Hyter?</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) The U.S. ambassador to Memphis in May's first honored country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) The vocalist whose rendition of "Ol' Man River" was an annual highlight of the Sunset Symphony.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) The chef whose grilled raccoon dish was a mainstay of the "Anything But" pork portion of the barbecue contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) The street minister who for more than 20 years passed out anti-alcohol flyers at the main entrance to Tom Lee Park.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">7. Since 1990, the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as "the largest barbecue-cooking contest in the world." This was hardly the case when the first contest was organized in 1978. According to The Commercial Appeal, the first contest...</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) "was held on a vacant lot north of the Orpheum. About 25 competitors cooked on backyard grills."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) "was held outside the Midtown Piggly Wiggly. About 25 competitors roasted hogs on spits over an improvised bonfire."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) "was held in the alley outside the entrance of The Rendezvous. About a dozen competitors displayed meat, which they had cooked at home, on a pair of picnic tables."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) "attended by only one competitor, whom the judges determined had, in fact, picked up his barbecue from Tops."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">8. Which of these is not the name of an actual team that will be competing at this year's Barbecue Cooking Contest?</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Aporkalypse Now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Rub Me Tender.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Let's Get Basted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Old Man Ribber.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">9. Which of the following reports do not actually appear in The Commercial Appeal's 1989 coverage of the barbecue contest?</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Backed by "scantily clad women," a member of the Adribbers cooking team who was dressed as Miss Piggy sang: "You shake my ribs and you rattle my loins/ You broke my grill/ Oh what a thrill/ Goodness gracious, great barbecue!"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) The "first all-female barbecue team," who called themselves PMS (Pork Matron Society), "commissioned a metalsmith to create a pink beer keg in the shape of a sow," which they dubbed "Lucille von Sow Sow, the beer-dispensing pig."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) The PMS team performed a group number called "Pig Girls Don't Cry," backed by a band called Toxic Shock & the Syndromes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) A representative of the office of President George H.W. Bush traveled to Tom Lee Park to present Lucille von Sow Sow a Presidential Medal of Freedom for "especially meritorious contribution" to the art of beer-dispensing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">10. Which of these slogans was not found on a team T-shirt or on a sign posted outside a team booth during the barbecue cooking contest in 1995 (when Memphis in May saluted Thailand)?</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) ''I love the smell of Hickory Smoke in the morning . . . it smells like VICTORY!!!'' <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) ''You Dr. Fu Man Que? Yes, Siam.'' <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) ''The Pig Is a Filthy Animal. But Bacon Is Good.'' <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">11. A fixture of Memphis in May since the festival's founding, the Sunset Symphony rode off into the, um, sunset in 2015. Music at the event was provided mostly by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, with various guest artists. Guest pianists included Isaac Hayes, Charlie Rich, and:</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Little Richard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Liberace.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Billy Joel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Lamar Alexander.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">12. In the mid-1990s, the festival tried to broaden its slate of events beyond barbecue and "Beale Street" by organizing an annual "Tattoo," a variety-show extravaganza of military bands, dancers, acrobats and more. An expensive and time-consuming endeavor, the Tattoo was dropped after its second year. Which of these was not a feature of the 1994 Tattoo at the Pyramid? </span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Four stilt-walkers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) A bagpipe band that performed "Love Me Tender."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Seven elephants, entering the arena floor to the sound of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (also known as the theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey").<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Jerry Lee Lewis, playing piano and singing "Memphis Beat" atop a pig-shaped float.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">13. The first Memphis in May music festival was held in Handy Park in 1977. Which of these legends did not appear there?</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) B.B. King.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Phineas Newborn Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Furry Lewis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Keith Richards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">14. In 1994, back-to-back "Juniors" performed on the same Beale Street Music Festival stage. They were: </span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Junior Walker and Junior Wells.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Junior Brown and Junior Kimbrough.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Junior Murvin and Harry Connick Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Dinosaur Jr. and Junior.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">15. In 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan performed at the Beale Street Music Festival. Four months later, in August, he...</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album, for "In Step."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) played guitar on David Bowie's recording of "Let's Dance."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) released with his brother Jimmie Vaughan the album "Family Style," which was partly recorded at Ardent in Memphis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) was killed in a helicopter crash.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">16. In 2019, Facebook paid for this star to fly to Memphis and perform a surprise daytime mini-set during the Beale Street Music Festival. She wore an Elvis T-shirt, and brought out her own special guest, Marc Cohn, for a duet version of Cohn's hit "Walking in Memphis." She was:</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Dolly Parton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Miley Cyrus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Cher.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Lady Gaga.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">17. "Perhaps it's appropriate that one of rock's more cerebral performers would open his Beale Street Music Festival performance brandishing a human brain (or, to be precise, a prop facsimile of a human brain)." <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Tom Waits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) David Byrne.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Randy Newman.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Frank Zappa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">18. In 2016, this then 71-year-old music legend opened his set by playing a single song that stretched to an epic </span></b><b><i><span style="color: #242424;">35 minutes</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #242424;"> in length. Who was it?</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Van Morrison.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Neil Young.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Iggy Pop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Al Green.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">19. In 2013, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told the crowd about making a visit to Graceland while in Memphis to perform at the festival: "We paid our respects to — I don't wanna call him the King, cause Elvis himself said there's one King and he reigns in heaven. But still and all he was our (expletive) King."</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Bob Dylan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Joan Jett.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Patti Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Robin Zander of Cheap Trick.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">20. This artist's 2018 Beale Street Music Festival set ran overtime so the lead vocalist and band could introduce a new song, "New World Order Blues," which described the then-President of the United States as "our degenerate-in-chief" and "an orangutan diaper of malignant rage."</span></b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Tav Falco and Panther Burns.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Chuck D and Public Enemy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Steve Earle and the Dukes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Brittany Howard and the Alabama Shakes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">21. Who is Xiu-Hua (pronounced "Shoo-Wah")?</span></b><b><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) The top female vocalist of South Korea in the early 2000s (before the current world-dominating "K-pop" era), who performed at the Orpheum during the 2003 Memphis in May salute to her home nation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) The Beijing design artist who traveled to Memphis to create the "official poster" for the 1987 Memphis in May salute to China.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) The Thai rapper who created controversy and surprised festival officials with profanity-laced anti-American tirades during his show at the Beale Street Music Festival in 1995 (when the honored country was Thailand).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) A giant panda, on loan from the Chapultepec Park Zoo in Mexico City, whose 1987 visit to the Memphis Zoo was initiated to coincide with that year's Memphis in May salute to China.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b>22. When it first was organized in 1976, the Memphis in May International Festival was incorporated as the:</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">a) Memphis in May International Festival Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">b) Memphis in May International Festival, Carnival & Pageant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">c) Memphis in May International Festival Cooperative & Trust.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;">d) Memphis in May International Festival Lonely Hearts Club Band.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #242424;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #242424;">MEMPHIS IN MAY TRIVIA ANSWERS: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">1. A. (Saudi Arabia and Ukraine never have been honored, but Mexico was chosen in 1984.)</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">2. B. (The rationale: 2019 marked the 200th anniversary of the founding of Memphis.)</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">3. C. (Egypt, in 1981; Kenya, 1989; Cote d’Ivoire, 1994; Morocco, 1999; South Africa, 2004; and Tunisia, 2010.)</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">4. A. (All the other countries mentioned have been honored once.)</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">5. D.</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">6. B. (Hyter, 87, died in 2009. Before his retirement in 1998, he had performed "Ol' Man River" at 17 editions of the Sunset Symphony.)</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">7. A.</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">8. D.</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">9. D.</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="color: #242424;">10. C. (The quote is real, and Shaw wrote "Pygmalion," but whether there has been a barbecue team named "Pigmalion," I don't know.)</span></i><span style="color: #242424;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-55760911576694590682022-01-21T13:28:00.002-06:002022-01-25T14:46:55.121-06:00In Memory of Ann Breen with gratitude for her commitment to community planning and the Memphis RiverfrontIt is with heavy heart that we share an announcement from the Waterfront Center announcing the death of its co-founder and co-director, Ann Breen, on Friday, January 7, 2022, after a brief illness.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7U5yYJraV9f4XbjuZ16F3LMdplPsUBuG-Y7-svDJQZidGkrYL4lQUgMGpD06_5mxBF9qJOkzIuxUQqM58nXouHvHT18N7LND3H9pK_pODmqT3JLtyYBUhZQmr9uGDJ3_zU8-hBmfRb-Tux8dZhJZIj9A75XrQivvLTl34Q8mCOsDAnzJ7Jkk=s230" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="216" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7U5yYJraV9f4XbjuZ16F3LMdplPsUBuG-Y7-svDJQZidGkrYL4lQUgMGpD06_5mxBF9qJOkzIuxUQqM58nXouHvHT18N7LND3H9pK_pODmqT3JLtyYBUhZQmr9uGDJ3_zU8-hBmfRb-Tux8dZhJZIj9A75XrQivvLTl34Q8mCOsDAnzJ7Jkk=w244-h260" width="244" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Following eight years as the Waterfront Coordinator for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management, Ann had the vision to co-found the Waterfront Center in November, 1981 with Dick Rigby; she served as its co-director for 41 years. Through the Center, she traveled the world providing community consulting; in 1981, organized an industry-leading annual conference; and ran an annual juried awards program to recognize outstanding plans and projects. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>In 1999, the City of Memphis hired The Waterfront Center to lead participatory community planning workshops on the riverfront; thus began Ann's and the Center's commitment to our riverfront. In 2000 they honored the Chickasaw Bluff Conservancy for preserving public access along the Blufftop and the resultant Bluffwalk. In 2009 the Center honored Friends for Our Riverfront for leadership in protecting and promoting an environmentally sustainable, historically sensitive, public riverfront; and in 2017, the Center awarded the year's top honor award to Big River Crossing, which transformed the Harahan Bridge to include a pedestrian crossing from TN to AR and future parks and trails along the river. <a href="http://www.waterfrontcenter.org/index.html" target="_blank">Link</a> to Waterfront Center searchable database of projects.</b></div></div><div>
<a name='more'></a>Born in Philadelphia to John and Mary Mallon Breen, Ann graduated from Sacred Heart Academy of Bryn Mawr, and went on to earn her undergraduate degree at Trinity College and Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from George Washington University, both in Washington, D.C. She also attended London School of Economics while in England. She co-authored three books with Dick Rigby: WATERFRONTS: Cities Reclaim Their Edge (McGraw-Hill, 1994); The New Waterfront (Thames and Hudson, 1996); and Intown Living: A Different American Dream (Praeger Publishers, 2004). In 2018, the American Society of Landscape Architects named Ann as an Honorary Member, their highest honor for non-landscape architects. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ann held an equal passion for celebrating life with good friends and good food. Her love of Cape May began with childhood family vacations, and for the last three decades, she spent summers and many New Year’s celebrations there. She remained a loyal friend to many from all parts of her life and was well-known for the parties she hosted. She was quick with a good story, a smile, and a laugh. Ann expressed her deep affinity for art and art history through collecting art, supporting artists, and creating her own photography of cities around the world. </div><div><br /></div><div>Most important to her was her family. Ann is dearly missed and forever loved by her family, which includes her partner of 43 years, Dick Rigby; children John Cowey; Sara Cowey (and Bruce Solomon); David Cowey (and Jody Handley); Catherine Cowey (and Andy Springer); four grandchildren; stepchildren Chris Rigby; Nan Rigby (and Lou McBryan); and Betsy Rigby (and Andy Meyer); six step-grandchildren; her cousins; and many dear friends across the country.
Ann’s celebration of life is being planned for the spring. </div><div><br /></div><div>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc., www.Clearwater.org, or Southern Poverty Law Center, www.splcenter.org
Send remembrances to:
The Waterfront Center, PO Box 53351, Washington, DC 20009
e-mail: mail@waterfrontcenter.org
See a tribute to Ann Breen HERE
The Waterfront Center | PO Box 53351, Washington, DC 20009</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-65599043111926681762021-07-10T22:19:00.005-05:002021-07-10T22:31:43.772-05:00George Hite McLean, Jr. 1944 - 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<div><b>Friends has lost a founding board member and great friend.</b></div>
<div><br /></div><div>Hite McLean not only brought sound reasoning and humor to Friends for Our Riverfront board meetings, but he and former Dean Jim Smoot of
the University of Memphis were probably the nation's two most knowledgeable
lawyers on the issue of the public's right to the land along the Memphis
riverfront. He will be sorely missed.</div>
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<p>George Hite McLean, Jr. was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on February 26,
1944 to Lenore Kimbrough and George Hite McLean. Growing up there with friends
and his large, extended family engendered his most wonderful traits: his
storytelling ability, contagious laugh, interest in the law, and musicianship. </p><div><p>Hite attended Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta
Fraternity and received a B. A. in history in 1965. In 1968 he received a
Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi, and in 1973 he earned an LL.M
in labor and employment law from George Washington University.</p></div><div><p>From 1968-70, he served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.S. Navy. He was
stationed as Legal Officer with the U.S. Marine Corps on Okinawa and then in
the Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs in Washington, D.C. </p></div><div><p>He married his wife of 50 years, Virginia Bell Overton, in 1971, and they lived in Washington
while Hite served as Professional Staff Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on
the Judiciary.</p></div><div>They moved to Memphis in 1976, where Hite joined the law firm
of Ireland, Reems, Henderson, and Chafetz and served as legal counsel to Cook
Industries. In 1978, he spent a year in Philadelphia with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, which was the true start of a career focused on
employment law. Over the years, he worked at the Winchester Law Firm, was a
solo practitioner, and served as a part-time Assistant County Attorney for
Shelby County.</div><div><p>Hite loved to spin stories - punctuating them with his
unmistakable laugh, and his passion was music. Competent on 15 different
musical instruments, he entertained numerous friends and family singing and
playing boogie woogie and the blues, particularly on the piano, guitar, and
harmonica. He also was a long-time member of the Second Presbyterian Church
choir.</p></div><div><p>
Hite's interests were varied - from reading the classics to winning
awards with teammates at the Memphis in May Barbecue Contest. He was a member
of the Kiwanis Club of Memphis and the Society of the Cincinnati. He also
spent many hours serving on the board of Friends for Our Riverfront, not just
as a legal adviser but also writing and recording an album in support of
Memphis's public riverfront.</p></div><div><p>
He leaves behind a son, George Hite McLean III of
Memphis, and a daughter, Mathilde McLean Crosby (Mark), and a grandson, Samuel
McLean Crosby, also of Memphis.</p></div><div><p>The memorial service will be at 11:00am Tuesday,
July 6, 2021 in the chapel at Second Presbyterian Church.
In lieu of flowers,
hug your family, and, if you wish, direct a gift in his honor to the charity
of your choice, <a href="https://www.protectouraquifer.org" target="_blank">Protect Our Aquifer</a>, or <a href="http://friendsforourriverfront.org/html/contact-us.html" target="_blank">Friends for Our Riverfront</a> (P.O. Box
111387, Memphis, TN 38111).
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-12634207160694161792020-09-18T17:41:00.000-05:002020-09-18T17:41:12.623-05:00Environmental Justice Award for Memphian Sue A. Williams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ybJoHwdKFoc/X2U3ETLAb8I/AAAAAAAAD3c/1tlkGTTdVLQ5paF010UXr4tCYTcUkJ5XQCLcBGAsYHQ/s619/Sue%2Bwith%2Baward%2Bsquare%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="576" height="273" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ybJoHwdKFoc/X2U3ETLAb8I/AAAAAAAAD3c/1tlkGTTdVLQ5paF010UXr4tCYTcUkJ5XQCLcBGAsYHQ/w254-h273/Sue%2Bwith%2Baward%2Bsquare%2B3.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br />Such well-deserved recognition from the national Sierra Club for FfOR board member Sue A. Williams! Sue is the 2020 recipient of the national Sierra Club's prestigious Robert Bullard Award for Environmental Justice!<br /><br /><div>You’re one of the lucky ones, if Sue has taken you on an environmental tour of Shelby County. For years she has been involved in improving the environment we live in and has been a strong advocate for environmental justice for those who have traditionally lived and worked closest to the sources of pollution. She can tell you first hand about the factors that have played a role - misguided regulatory policy, unequal regulation enforcement, discriminatory siting, unequal political power…. <br /><br /></div><div>For 29 years, Sue has been a dedicated and tenacious advocate for Environmental Justice (EJ) communities in Memphis, sometimes quietly in the background using her legal training to give wise guidance and sometimes out-front joining a protest at the gates of a haz-waste recycling plant in South Memphis or speaking at public hearings in opposition to a hazardous incinerator in North Memphis. <br /><br /></div><div>In 1999, when the National Sierra Club received funding for five EJ Program offices around the country, Sue and now deceased, fellow Sierran Dick Mochow successfully wrote the local club’s grant application for an EJ Program office in Memphis. Next she served on the hiring committee for a director of the program. The establishment of the EJ program office sparked local and regional support for people-of-color and poor communities dealing with a myriad of issues such as dangerous air pollution from fence line industries, protecting neighborhoods from Superfund sites, closing down illegal barrel storage operations, and stopping a low-level nuclear waste incinerator. Sue served as volunteer co-lead for the Memphis EJ Program for three years, working intimately with the staff organizer and neighborhood leaders. In 2000, she was awarded the first Memphis EJ Award.<br /><br /></div><div>Educating and engaging with community members has always been a goal in Sue’s activism. In the early 2000s she supported the fight for clean air by assisting in planning a Bucket Brigade and air sampling training for the Douglass neighborhood in north Memphis, which is surrounded by eight polluting facilities. The training was successful and prepared the community to do their own air sampling and testing. Sue supported training Sierra Club and community members, and when the communities around hazardous facilities were encouraged to be prepared by taking the CERT Community Emergency Response Training Course, Sue was right there, learning with neighborhood members. She attended a Dismantling Racism weekend training (2012) in Marin County, CA, and an Organizing Training that was held in Memphis in 1998. Sue has served on the planning committee for Memphis’ longest running grassroots environmental conference series, with the most recent conference held in November 2019. <br /><br /></div><div>A strong voice for the environment at all levels and in many capacities, Sue served on the state TN Sierra Club Environmental Justice Committee and as delegate and subsequently vice-chairman of the Gulf Coast Regional Conservation Committee. She sought change to the local billboard ordinance, which was successfully revised in 1998; she served as water quality chair in the Sierra Club Group and Chapter and as environmental chair with the local League of Women Voters. 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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-32689984762220827452018-11-16T16:58:00.004-06:002018-11-16T16:59:18.247-06:00Hit a Milestone<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ERbS9ewrBU/W-9K62gOIAI/AAAAAAAADiw/goeSl_ib37wPCla7DDFmrwFp2l6u2NS3gCLcBGAs/s1600/riverfront-planners-for-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="599" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ERbS9ewrBU/W-9K62gOIAI/AAAAAAAADiw/goeSl_ib37wPCla7DDFmrwFp2l6u2NS3gCLcBGAs/s200/riverfront-planners-for-web.jpg" width="172" /></a>Finally, an entity planning our riverfront has acknowledged that the land along the river belongs to us, the citizens of Memphis. In their plans for a riverfront of connected parks, MRPP is the first to honor the dedication of the city founders.
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Now we hope they'll do it right and truly involve citizens in the process - ask our opinions and really listen to our input before they make decisions. <br />
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Link to "Flyer" article about new leaders and new plans, click <a href="https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/riverfront-reboot-new-leaders-and-new-plans-for-memphis-waterfront/Content?oid=17837029&fbclid=IwAR0zK9q821Hd-cLRfmPbbShe1ovcjUELNQ7SJtzUr0bsDrKxUwCFa7bJjyw" target="_blank">HERE</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-8000838431320330862018-10-07T16:11:00.006-05:002018-10-07T16:22:00.988-05:00Bert Merrill, 1922 - 2018<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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It is with great sorrow that we learned of the death of Bert Merrill in Sarasota, FL on Sept. 24. Bert was a founding member of Friends for Our Riverfront, sharing his deep knowledge of the river, engineering, and this community.<br />
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Bert's commitment to public access and protection of the natural beauty of the Memphis riverfront was deep rooted. He was a member of the Chickasaw Bluff Conservancy, whose advocacy resulted in today's Bluffwalk. He and his wife, Patricia were also staunch supporters of their neighborhood, Sea Isle, and helped design and implement the neighborhood's lovely park. <br />
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Here is his obituary from the Sarasota "Herald Times" and Memphis "Commercial Appeal," which includes information about his outstanding military and engineering career and his role as Dir. of Physical Plant and Planning at the University of Memphis.<br />
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Commander Bergen S. Merrill, Jr., CEC, USN passed away on September 24, 2018. He was born on August 26, 1922 in New Orleans, LA and in 1927 moved to their farm in Olive Branch, MS.<br />
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After graduation from the US Naval Academy in 1946 (Class of '47), he became assistant navigator on the USS Fargo (CL 106), flagship of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea until 1948 when he transferred to the Civil Engineer Corps. He was with the 105th Construction Battalion, then was the Maintenance Officer for the Kwajalein Naval Base, then Public Works Officer for Midway Island. He was assigned to the Norfolk, VA Naval Base where he met Patricia Bursiek, Ensign, USNR. They were married in 1952. He was then assigned to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project with duty at the Eniwetok and Nevada Test Sites. He became Chief of the Protective Structures Development Center at Fort Belvoir, VA, then Public Works Officer, Bermuda for four years, then Director of the Engineering Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Washington, DC, and then joined the Construction Directorate, Saigon, Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star.<br />
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He then became Director of Physical Plant and Planning at the University of Memphis for 21 years. In Memphis he served in numerous organizations including the Memphis Area Planners Club, President 1971; Tennessee Council for Physical Plant Management, President 1975; Phi Kappa Phi (Memphis State University Honor Society) President 1979; Alternate Member of the Land Use Control Board, City of Memphis and Shelby County, 1979 for 21 years; Featured Engineer for Memphis Society of Professional Engineers, President 1983; Building Committee, Colonial Park United Methodist Church, Chairman, 1986-'88 (designed and built major addition to church); Memphis Joint Engineers Council, Chairman 1987; Emeriti Club, Memphis State University, President 1995 and Engineers Club of Memphis, President, 2004. He was a Registered Engineer in Tennessee, Mississippi, Illinois, and Virginia.<br />
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Bergen was a wonderful husband and father and will be greatly missed. He is survived by Patricia, his beloved wife of 66 years, five children (all with Civil Engineering degrees from UT Knoxville), and numerous, wonderful grandchildren. He will be interred after a family ceremony at the Sarasota National Cemetery.<br />
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In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Sea Isle Park Neighborhood Association PO Box 171301, Memphis, TN 38187-1301 or Colonial Park United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Toale Brothers Funeral Home.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-25430687316967325402018-10-03T17:21:00.000-05:002018-10-04T17:09:31.163-05:00Last year, Memphis's Big River Crossing won -- This year, Boston's Finnegan Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last year the <a href="http://www.waterfrontcenter.org/" target="_blank">Excellence in Design Top Honor Award from The Waterfront Center</a> went to our <a href="http://www.bigrivercrossing.com/" target="_blank">Big River Crossing</a>!<br />
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This year, Sen. Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Boston received the award. The park, created on once contaminated industrial land, links Neponset Greenway with Boston's Harborwalk and restores the shoreline to its native saltwater habitat.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.waterfrontcenter.org/Conference/2018PPTs/AwardsShow.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> for short powerpoints on each winning project: Willamette Falls Riverwalk Master Plan (Oregon City, OR), Newark Riverfront Park (Newark, NJ), Refuge Gateway and Humbug Marsh (Detroit, MI), South Waterfront Greenway (Portland, OR), Virginia Institute of Marine Science Campus Plan (Wachapreague, VA), The Wharf (Washington, D.C.), San Francisco Bay Trail Design Guidelines and Tool Kit, and The Billion Oyster Project (Governors Island, NY).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-56377393716308554552018-04-23T14:12:00.000-05:002018-07-06T18:10:03.977-05:00New Leadership, New NameAs Carol Coletta becomes president of what was the Memphis Riverfront Development Corporation, it looks like there's been an important change in focus, not the least of which is its new name - Memphis River Parks Partnership.<br />
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"Before & After" look from "Arch Daily" - 6 cities that built highways but have now transformed them into urban parks: Portland, Seoul, San Francisco, Madrid, Milwaukee, and Seattle. Click <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/800155/6-cities-that-have-transformed-their-highways-into-urban-parks" target="_blank">HERE</a> .<br />
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In Memphis, the story is different. In 1969, a plan for a 16-lane expressway along our riverfront was rejected, and, in 1971, a U.S. Supreme Court decision protected Overton Park from an interstate.<br />
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Posted on the Downtown Memphis Commission website today so that citizens can take a look and send comments, design plans for the $175M project will be considered by the DMC Design Review Board at their March 7 meeting. Take a look; we think you'll be impressed. Click <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ybvxx96u" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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City Council to vote on funding Tuesday. General obligation bonds to fund project; debt to be paid with revenue from hotel-motel tax and Tourism Development Zone money.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280766.post-63780415966813685802018-02-19T17:18:00.001-06:002018-02-19T17:18:17.720-06:00Spring is in the Air<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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