Tom Lee Park is a popular location for walkers, joggers, roller bladers and cyclists, and hosts one event per year, the Beale Street Music Festival that kicks off Memphis in May.

Late during the afternoon of May 8, 1925, Lee steered his 28 ft (8.5 m) skiff Zev upriver after delivering an official to Helena, Arkansas.

[3] In October 2006, a bronze sculpture by artist David Alan Clark [4] was erected in the park to commemorate the event and to honor the civil hero.

The concept for the revitalization of Tom Lee Park was first proposed by architecture and urban design firm Studio Gang in 2017.

Designed by Studio Gang and SCAPE, the project transformed 30 acres of overlooked land along the river, formerly occupied by sparse green lawns and heavily compacted soil.

[7] Conceived to reconnect the city of Memphis to the Mississippi, the design features five new entrances that extend from major streets and connect to a series of winding paths that weave the park's primary zones together.

[8] Sculptural playgrounds designed by Monstrum take the form of giant creatures: a sturgeon, caterpillar, salamander, and a family of river otters.

[9] Among the park's new structures, a 1,486-square-metre canopy and event space, made of glulam and steel, protects and shades a set of multi-use courts, which are animated by a bright mural by Memphis-born artist James Little.