Carl Lee Park

Name: Carl Lee Park
Address: 1850 Walnut Street, Murphysboro, IL, 62966, US
Telephone: +16186844961
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

Here is a link to a page on the A. Zahner Co. The park is a comprehensive project, commissioned by the Elizabeth A. Smysor Trust. Urban Oasis, fountain consulting.
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site about working with John Medwedeff on the sculptural bandshell element of this project: http://www.handsoftheartist.com/228361/Towne-Park-Pavillion At first we called it the Walnut Street Greenspace, then Town Center Park by most people, but the final name of the park is now Carl Lee Park, named after an important black educator in Murphysboro. Carl Lee Park, next door to Sallie Logan Library

, is where people go to read, relax, and enjoy summer concerts in our small but vibrant city. The entire park is the artwork of John Medwedeff, and the design incorporates a sculptural bandshell/pavilion/performance space with amphitheater seating, a bronze fountain, and gardens adjacent to the library. Bandshell and fountain designed by John Medwedeff. Landscape designed in collaboration with Darrell Garrison, AIA, of Planning Resources, Wheaton, IL. Fager-McGee, construction contractor. Specimen Products, Chicago, IL, acoustics consulting. A. Zahner Company, Kansas City, bandshell construction.

05/17/2024

May 16th 2024.

08/21/2021

The Grand Finale of the Murphysboro Sunset Concert Series is this Thursday, August 26th at 6:30 pm.

Featuring, from St. Louis: 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫. They have been voted "Best of St. Louis" by the Riverfront times 3 times!

"Roland sings like the joint is on fire and his lungs are filled with kerosene" - St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket to Carl Lee Park and enjoy the show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHovB3hDSg4

St Louis Soul from Roland Johnson and Soul Endeavor at Big Muddy 2015. They are Roland Johnson:Lead Vocals/Lew Winer III:Sax/ Al Barnes: Drums/Eugene Johnson...

07/09/2021

Jive with Jazz is happening today at Carl Lee Park at 11 am! It's part of the Southern Illinois Music Festival and it's free. The Youth Center will be open too.

Address

1850 Walnut Street
Murphysboro, IL
62966

Telephone

+16186844961

Website

https://southernillinoistourism.org/carl-lee-park-pavilion-and-bandshell/

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