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 this year. Visit NAOP’s Olmsted 200 website to see what there is to do. Please sign up for Olmsted Insider, a monthly newsletter to keep yourself up-to-date. To see all local activities related to this celebration, click OLMSTED 200.
Activities
2022 Summer Concerts
For Musical Mondays and Wonderful Wednesdays concert information, click here.
Activities
2022 Cirque du Lake Park
Lake Park Friends’ annual fundraiser, with the theme “Trees and Trails”, will be on September 10 and we are currently seeking sponsors. For more information about Cirque, click here.
Activities
2022 Summer Tennis
Tennis lessons for children ages 5 to 14 will be offered this summer. Registration will open on April 4. Click here to register.
2021 Annual Report
Many good things – large and small – happened in Lake Park last year. 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 2021 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.
10/1/21 – Construction has begun. Project finish date will be in September 2022.
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.