Newly redesigned Church Street Park reopens today. Although The Tennessean is reporting in this morning’s edition that the park was scheduled to open at dawn, the area is still restricted with caution tape as of 7 a.m. Signs posted on the property state that the park will reopen with a public ceremony at noon today. It has been widely speculated that the park redesign is intended to reduce loitering by providing reduced seating. Early today several homeless residents (two of whom are pictured above) were sitting nearby. Another was overheard asking when the park will reopen.