International Park(ing) Day
on Madison Avenue in front of Cash Saver
3-7 pm, Friday September 16, 2022
Park(ing) Day is a global, public, participatory art project launched by Rebar in 2005. It is a day where people across the world temporarily repurpose street parking spaces and convert them to tiny parks and places for art, play, and activism.
Commercial Appeal
Opinion by Karen Lebovitz
In my opinion, this area of Madison is the heart of Midtown Memphis. It is seeing a population increase due to the addition of the Madison Midtown apartments and the reemergence of Minglewood Hall ...
StoryBoard
by Mark Fleischer
Midtown Project to plant trees to improve and beautify Madison Avenue
“Summer is Hot, but the Shade is Cool,” says MidtownMemphis.org’s project, aimed at improving and beautifying a part of Madison Avenue in Midtown for national PARK(ing) Day next Friday, September 16th.
It would seem obvious to say that trees are nature’s coolant, providing shade on hot summer days and absorbing the heat of the sun, while also performing that life-sustaining task of photosynthesis, pulling carbon dioxide out of the environment and giving us oxygen.
In the urban landscape, street trees – more than just beautifying our streetscapes – do all that and so much more.
Daily Memphian
by Eric Barnes
Karen Lebovitz and Emily Bishop
