Comments on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park: Forty years ago

Thanks for the important reminder of CPOP's co...

2011-04-06T11:58:24.066-05:00

Thanks for the important reminder of CPOP's courageous work.

I want to add that the listing of Stonewall Place (1981) and then Evergreen (1985)as National Register Historic Districts were both efforts to discourage the resurrection of highway plans through the park and the adjacent neighborhoods and generate interest in the redevelopment of the former highway right of way in the

Thank you very much for the additional information...

2011-03-24T18:13:07.825-05:00

Thank you very much for the additional information, Mr. Williamson! You did a great thing in getting the park listed on the National Historic Register.

As important as the 1971 Supreme Court ruling was,...

2011-03-24T15:00:04.849-05:00

As important as the 1971 Supreme Court ruling was, it was not the last word on efforts to keep I-40 out of Overton Park. City and State highway engineers continued to try to circumvent the ruling with a series of cataclysmic alternatives.

In 1978, the CPOP Board quietly decided to nominate the park to the National Register of Historic Places. Listing on the National Register guarantees