Activities
2021-22 Ice Rink Committee
The Lake Park Ice Rink and Warming House are open 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Skates, in various sizes, are available to use, at no charge. (If ice conditions change and maintenance is necessary, the rink may close temporarily, as indicated by “DO NOT ENTER” signs.) The rink is located just east of Lake Drive & Locust Street.
We are looking for more volunteers to join our ice rink committee – people who enjoy construction projects, people with a passion for ice skating and/or hockey and people who love to be outdoors! Click here for more information.
Activities
Olmsted 200
The National Association of Olmsted Parks (NAOP) has been planning and coordinating a series of events and activities nationwide to celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday over the course of a year, from April 26, 2021 to April 26, 2022. Visit NAOP’s Olmsted 200 website to see what has been planned so far. Please sign up for Olmsted Insider, a monthly newsletter to keep yourself up-to-date. Lake Park Friends is planning a number of activities to celebrate. We look forward to sharing them with you very soon!
2020 Annual Report
Looking back on this past year, despite the challenges of COVID, many good things – large and small – happened in Lake Park. But the best part of all these good things that happened is this: We did this together, as neighbors and friends. Please enjoy the Lake Park Friends 2020 Annual Report! Click here.
Updates
Ravine Road Update
12/7/19 – With an eye on both historic preservation and modern day concerns, and after thoughtful debate and research, the Lake Park Friends Board of Directors unanimously adopted a resolution on Ravine Road. Read the full post here.
1/6/20 – Keep Ravine Road Open to All: In support of this resolution, LPF started an ONLINE PETITION to save the road. Please sign and share the petition: Go to change.org to add your voice by clicking here.
6/30/20 – Milwaukee County Parks held a virtual information session on June 17 regarding progress on the bridge’s design. To watch a video of the meeting, click here.
3/11/21 – The long awaited construction on the bridge will begin in August 2021 and will last until fall 2022.
Updates
Rustic Wooden Bridge Update
Fall 2020 – The dilapidated Rustic Wooden Bridge, located just south of the playground in Lake Park, has been replaced! Thank you to Lake Park Friends donors and volunteers for making this happen.
Our Lake Park Projects
Planting Trees
We have the good fortune of having a fabulous Frederick Law Olmsted historic landmark park in our back yard. Preserving it and enhancing its beauty and usefulness for all our enjoyment requires the work of many people, but most importantly it requires financial support from our community members.
The Park’s Full of Rich History
What do Lake Park and New York’s Central Park have in common?
Frederick Law Olmsted was the leading landscape architect of the second half of the 19th century, and the architect of Lake Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Olmsted is perhaps best known for the design and creation of Central Park in New York and the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C.