Material: steel, iron, brushed aluminum
The city of Memphis has changed much since the year 1900, but one element has remained constant – the Parkways, the markers of the original city limits. From the hands and mind of artist Frank Morris, North, South, and East Parkways feature ten distinctive emblems at their major intersections. Each emblem stands ten feet tall and will is constructed of steel, iron, and brushed aluminum. Just as these emblems reflect a quality of distinction from their parkway locations, they also symbolically reflect the past and present of Memphis. While one goal of this project was to improve the aesthetics of Memphis’s oldest streets without abandoning the history that these roadways have seen, the other is to form a meaningful connection to the people of the present day.
