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Lake Park was designed in the late 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park in New York City along with many others. Believing that access to nature had a civilizing and restorative effect on the urban public, Olmsted designed Lake Park in the Romantic tradition, with a preference for natural (over formal) landscaping, winding paths, a variety of vistas ...
First full-service, public hospital in Milwaukee that served all, regardless of ability to pay, and site of Dr. Edgar End's research into high-pressure oxygen therapies. 115: Milwaukee County Historical Center: Milwaukee County Historical Center: March 14, 1973 : 910 N. 3rd St.
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.
A Hop streetcar on St. Paul Avenue at Plankinton Avenue. The Hop, also known as the Milwaukee Streetcar, is a modern streetcar system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The system’s 2.1-mile (3.4 km) [5] [3] [6] original “M” line connects the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Downtown to the Lower East Side and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. [7]
State Trunk Highway 145 (STH-145, commonly known as Highway 145 or WIS 145) is a 24.7-mile (39.8 km) state highway in Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Washington counties in Wisconsin, United States, that connects the northwest suburbs of Milwaukee with the city's downtown. For much of its route, the highway is known as Fond du Lac Avenue.
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In Milwaukee's immediate western suburb Wauwatosa, WIS 100's north–south segment was once known as Lovers Lane; parts of the road still have this designation. In the vicinity of Mayfair Shopping Center , it is known as Mayfair Road; this corresponds to 108th street in Milwaukee's numbered roadways scheme.
The Milwaukee Mile is a 1.015 mi (1.633 km) oval race track in the central United States, located on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Its grandstand and bleachers seats approximately 37,000 spectators.