Downtown Milwaukee's Lake Walk Legacy

Explore the exceptional connectivity and vistas of Milwaukee's Downtown Lake Walk with landscape historian and journalist Virginia Small. Learn about how internationally renowned Modernist landscape architect Dan Kiley envisioned the initial phase of this walk as part of designing Milwaukee Art Museum's expansion in concert with architect Santiago Calatrava. We'll head west along MAM’s campus, around Discovery World's public walkway and through the urban short-grass prairies of Lakeshore State Park. Tour will return to starting point, with options to exit from other locations.

Tour will be on paved, mostly flat surfaces, with one optional brief detour that is less accessible. Tour is 2 miles in length.

Photos by Virginia Small

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