Yesterday, James Corner from Field Operations [2] (the landscape architecture firm heading up the High Line's design team) revealed plans for the firm's newest commission: Shelby Farms Park [3] in Memphis, the 4,500-acre site that will be America's largest urban park. (Central Park, by comparison, is 843 acres.)

A framework map [4] (from the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy) shows an expansive, lake-dotted site with paved and non-paved trails, horse stables, ballfields, fishing, a shooting range, and several wilderness areas. The site was once a state-run prison farm, and a connection to agriculture is one of the goals for the new park. Field Ops' winning submission includes an "agri-center" with daily farmers' markets and a model sustainable farm.

Field Operations beat out Hargreaves Associates and Tom Leader Studio in the competition, which was announced last summer.

Field Ops wins massive Memphis park competition [5] [Architectural Record]

Shelby Farms Website [3]