City Gives Progress Report on MLK Park Additions

More than a year after breaking ground and a month after its expected opening, the Unity Corner memorial at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park remains in progress as upgrades are on the way to the nearby Castle Park playground.

The plan for Unity Corner, located by the intersection of Denning Drive and Morse Boulevard, began in 2012 as an effort by residents of the Hannibal Square neighborhood to create a public memorial to Dr. King and to remember the 1950’s displacement of Black families who resided on what became Lake Island Park. A portion of the park, renamed in 2012 in honor of Dr. King, will feature a 9-foot bronze statue of the civil rights leader that will be set inside a concentric pattern of stone benches. A memory wall will display quotes from Dr. King along with the names of the displaced families.