page_title: Memphis Parkway System
hierarchical_section_title: Memphis Parkway System
caption_attribution_description: Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis M East Parkway
context_page_description: The Memphis Parkway System, locally known as the Parkway System, The Parkways, or simply by their individual names is a system of parkways that formed the original outer beltway around Memphis, Tennessee. They consist of South Parkway, East Parkway, and North Parkway. Designed by George Kessler, the Parkway System connects Martin Luther King Jr. Riverside Park with Overton Park. The system was put on the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1989.
context_section_description: The Memphis Parkway System, locally known as the Parkway System, The Parkways, or simply by their individual names is a system of parkways that formed the original outer beltway around Memphis, Tennessee. They consist of South Parkway, East Parkway, and North Parkway. Designed by George Kessler, the Parkway System connects Martin Luther King Jr. Riverside Park with Overton Park. The system was put on the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1989.
caption: The Memphis "M" is located on the median of East Parkway at Madison Avenue.  Historically, this area was the location of the Sunken Garden in the 1930s.[1]
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