Memphis on the internet.
#Huzzah
Cheers rang through the MEMernet last week on news of a new deal for Overton Park, announced last week by officials from the city of Memphis, Memphis Zoo, and Overton Park Conservancy. The deal will save the entire Greensward, end zoo parking on the field, add about 20 to 25 acres of parkland, add about 300 new parking spaces for the zoo, and more.
Tensions over Greensward parking go back to the 1980s but intensified in 2014 when Citizens to Protect Overton Park launched its “Get Off Our Lawn” campaign. The ensuing years had protests with police helicopters, three plans, and a second line for trees that were cut down.
Eye roll
Need rage? Go hate-watch Nick Johnson’s YouTube video titled: “Here’s Memphis, Tennessee: The Poorest, Most Dangerous Place in the South.” The travel vlogger drove through South Memphis early one November morning and said, “Memphis is maybe the scariest place you could visit,” and “I wonder if Elvis would be sad about the way [his] hometown looks these days.”
Go, Sam!
Memphian Sam White, known for his viral “You Can Be ABCs” video, sat with Ellen DeGeneres last week to talk about his new “You Can Be ABCs” book.
