It’s come to my attention that there are plans circulating which would eliminate part of Veterans Memorial Park on Milwaukee’s lakefront in order to build a parking lot.
As unbelievable as it may seem I’ve been informed it’s being proposed and have a copy of a document being circulated that shows how the War Memorial wants to take over several acres of park land in Veterans Memorial Park and turn it into a parking lot.
For those who are wondering, there is currently a huge parking lot in the O’Donnell Park parking structure which is located about 200 feet from the War Memorial, so your guess is as good as mine as to why the War Memorial feels it needs to go out and decrease the amount of park land in order to provide parking spaces a whopping 50 feet closer.
Below are some overviews of the land in question, including an overlay of where the proposed parking lot would go.
I’ll have more information as I get it, but Milwaukee County elected officials and County Supervisors especially should be wary about considering this proposal if it gets to the point where they need to weigh in on it.
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and son Carter.
Thanks for the heads up Dan. I called my Supervisor about this.
Is there more to this plan than pictured? It looks like a small amount of unused grassy space on the art center side of the access road. Is there some link to this plan where people can find out a bit more on it’s scope? How much of the memorial do they plan on taking away?
It looks to me that they are just moving driveway for easier access for larger vehicles, and expanding the parking lot alittle. A lot of park still to the notrh.
Right, the point was that it isn’t their land to expand upon.
So what’s the big deal? Looks like it is a good upgrade to that area… using unused space to improve a local landmark at no real cost to the taxpayer. Sounds like a win/win scenario.
I expected that there was more to the story, but apparently not. Where do I call to voice my support?