Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It stretches from the Milwaukee Art Museum in the south to Lake Park in the north. The line was established in 1967 as a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) bicycle-only pilot trail that started at McKinley Park, traveled north to Lake Park, made a loop, and traveled south until ending near the North Point Water Tower. [4]: 78
The trail's first segment, from Bremen Street to Buffum Street, was created in 2007 following the removal of part of the now-abandoned railway. [3] In October 2010, a segment from Riverboat Road to Gordon Park was added as part of an effort to restore green space around the Milwaukee River, connecting the Beerline Trail with the Oak Leaf Trail. [4]
Fairly intact part of the old central business district, including the 1858 Greek Revival-styled Webber townhouse, [65] the 1860 Italianate Iron Block, [66] the 1878 Second Empire-style Mitchell building, [67] the 1879 High ItalJones-ianate-styled Mackie Building, which housed the Grain Exchange, [68] the 1883 Queen Anne-styled Milwaukee Club ...
City-owned park. The last trace of a Milwaukee fishing village that had been settled by Kaszubs on Jones Island. Smallest park in Milwaukee. [39] Kilbourn Reservoir 750 E North Ave 35-acre (140,000 m 2) The park was created with the removal of a 135-year-old underground drinking water reservoir that once held 20 million gallons of water.
The trail connects with the Hank Aaron State Trail and the New Berlin Trail. Milwaukee County's Oak Leaf Trail includes over 135 miles of trail for cycling, walking and running around the county ...
An organization involved in designing the trail stated that the trail would, for the first time, provide public access to much of the area around the Kinnickinnic River. [3] In 2001, the City of Milwaukee purchased an abandoned railway for the trail. [3] In October 2006, a meeting soliciting ideas for the trail was held. [4]
The right-of-way of the Powerline Trail was originally occupied by a railroad used for transporting coal to a St. Francis power plant. [2]A 2006 study performed by the Wisconsin Bike Fed for the City of Milwaukee recommended the creation of a trail on a We Energies-owned right-of-way between Interstate 894 in Greenfield and Packard Avenue in St. Francis. [3]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!