Nathan Butler gives his dog, Louie, a high-five after a game of fetch at Griggs Park in Uptown Dallas. If all goes as planned, Griggs Park will soon feature new walkways, trees, seating and a ...

A dedication of the rebuilt Griggs Park in Uptown will focus on its new, 24-foot monument. An unveiling, tentatively set for June 7, will present words recalling the Rev. Allen R. Griggs.

Upgrades to an Uptown park have some people crying foul. Griggs Park will undergo a makeover in September that will include a walking path, tennis courts, new irrigation and a new playground.

But it frustrates me that they took out those recreational amenities because, look man, that park is named after Reverend Griggs [prominent black educator and clergyman Allen R. Griggs, 1850-1922 ...