Estabrook Park

More Winter Farmers Markets Opening

Markets in Brookfield and Shorewood the latest among many in the state.

Try the 2025 Hb Oktoberfestbier at Two Keg Tappings

Why the Pathfinders Union Struggle Matters

Workers at many nonprofits are under-paid and overworked, with high turnover.

All County Beer Gardens Open For Summer

Beer garden system in full swing with opening of The Vine in Humboldt Park.

Lakefront Partnering With Famed German Brewery On New Beer

Bräu Buddies, a German-style lager, will be available throughout April and May.

Habitat Restoration Planned in Kletzsch Park

Project will support habitats for forest and wetland dwelling birds and amphibians.

MMSD Plans Estabrook Falls Fish Passage

Removing one of the final fish barriers between Lake Michigan and upriver spawning grounds.

Dinosaur Event Slated for State Fair Park

Plus: Dry January Fest and 'Lumberjacks in Love'

Estabrook Beer Garden Offering Half-Priced Beer

Half-price pints and patio furniture for sale at the beer garden through Sunday.

Half Price Beer Starts Today Estabrook Beer Garden

Wisconsin Bike Fed Celebrates Wisconsin Bike Week With Communities Across the State June 1 – 9, 2024

Whitnall Park Beer Garden Opens This Week

Beer garden offering 24 taps and summer pig roasts opens May 1.

Construction on New Kohl Park Trail Planned for Spring

2.6 mile trail will run through park and connect to Oak Leaf Trail.

Town Bank Plans Capitol Drive Branch

Plus: Associated closing a branch, Marcus Center parking garage draws 3 redevelopment bids, and the weekly roundup.

Crowley Backs More Suburban Affordable Housing

Allocating $6.6 million for projects in Whitefish Bay, South Milwaukee and Brown Deer.

Parks Plans to Replace 2 Oak Leaf Trail Bridges

Aging Union Pacific railway bridges spanning I-43 in Glendale need replacing.

Oak Leaf Trail Could Be Extended in 2024

Federal funded trail connections planned in Kohl Park and Bender Park.

Estabrook Beer Garden Sets Grand Opening

2023 kickoff on April 21 will feature free beer, live music and stein holding contest.

S’Blendid Boba Tea Plans Third Ward Pop-Up

Plus: Brand new spots for N/A cocktails and empanadas. And downtown bar suspended.

Milwaukee TV Show ‘Good Things Brewing’ Will Air Feb. 18

Tune in to NBC for the first episode of the Milwaukee-centric program.

Two New Oak Leaf Connections Planned for 2023

One trail would extend network on city's far northwest side while another would connect Milwaukee and Racine counties.

County Finds Success With Beer Gardens

Over past decade, county revived history of beer gardens in Milwaukee. And it paid off.

Deer District Market Returns to Plaza

Downtown market with many vendors open evenings on weekly basis in July and August.

Estabrook Beer Garden Opens 2022 with 2 Keg Tappings

Crowley Signs Paid Parental Leave Bill

Bill expected to have small fiscal impact and big payoff for families and social equity.

Bucks Planning Deer District Night Market

New event will enliven activate plaza outside Fiserv Forum.

Watching the River Flow

A walk along the river in Estabrook Park is pretty, along with remnants of a long gone Milwaukee industry.

Lake Park Bridge, Oak Leaf Sinkhole Will Be Fixed

One project in Milwaukee one in Glendale, both would be made safe for public use.

Oak Leaf Trail Sinkhole Needs Repair

Parks department awarded $530,000 from state to repair key piece of bicycle trail network.

Lake Effect Holding Virtual Halloween Event

Plus, a rooftop concert, fall foliage kayaking and another Oktoberfest event.

State Fair Continuing As A Drive-Thru

Also, drive-in movies continue, and more farmer's markets than you can shake a stick at.

New Public Trail Near Estabrook Park

A local non-profit will convert an unofficial trail on private land into a new public trail.

Milwaukee Area Events That Are Social-Distancing Friendly

Drive-in theaters, virtual beer tastings, farmers markets and more.

Beer Gardens Open With Social Distancing

County Parks reopen five beer gardens, with many changes to protect patrons' safety.

Finding City’s Most Integrated Neighborhoods

Study shows 25 neighborhoods across Milwaukee are majority-minority like city as a whole.

Milwaukee Opens Its Active Streets

Custer, Fratney and Washington reconfigured for pedestrians and cyclists over motor vehicles.

Many Parks Restrictions Lifted

Newly re-opened amenities are "use at your own risk." Social distancing is still required.

Stash of Guns Found on Milwaukee River

Sheriff's deputies arrest man, find underground bunker full of weapons in wooded area near Capitol Dr.

Suspect Arrested in Shots Fired Incident Near Milwaukee River

After responding to the scene, investigating officers located two shelters on non-county-owned land on the west bank of the Milwaukee River.

Park’s ‘Maptacular’ art project returns for second season

This year’s unique maps, which were revealed at a gallery night at the Mitchell Park Domes on Thursday night.

How a Riverside Roadway Was Stopped

It was all because of the picture-postcard 1927 Capitol Drive Bridge.

Shall We Gather at the Rivers

Volunteers at 65 locations along city's three rivers pitched in for Riverkeeper's Spring Cleanup.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, Supervisor Jason Haas and Milwaukee County Parks Announce a New Wine and Beer Garden at Humboldt Park

The Vine Humboldt is expected to open Memorial Day weekend and will be operated by the county

Developer Blair Williams’ Federal-Style Manse

Lovely $583,000 East Side home built by architect Armand Koch in 1915 for Ogden family.

Young Black Women Embrace Biking

Black Girls Do Bike now has 73 chapters in America, including one in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Historical Organizations Partner for the First Time To Host Wine Tasting Event at Beer Baron’s Pabst Mansion

Tickets are $40 per person and $35 for members of the Pabst Mansion or the Milwaukee County Historical Society.

Celebrate the Removal of the Estabrook Dam

Please join us for an evening by the river and across from the former dam site.

Volunteers Prepare for the Much-needed Milwaukee Riverkeeper® Spring Cleanup

The Spring Cleanup event is the first community-wide effort to improve river health and water quality for 2018.

Join us Saturday, June 9 for the 1st Annual Ride with Pride!

Milwaukee Pride, Harley-Davidson Museum to co-host motorcycle run

20 Great Downtown Lunch Spots

Soups, sandwiches, Ramen, Italian, Ethiopian, vegan, Vietnamese and more.

2017 Beer Garden Season in The Parks: Final Weekend, Nov. 4-5

Beer will be “free flowing” Sunday, beginning at 4 p.m., at the South Shore Terrace with free beer until it runs out or 6 p.m.

Guide to 67 Races and Fun Runs

From April Bloop to Santa Hustle to Irish Jig Jog you can run all year.

Shorewood Tavern Located on Bike Path

American Legion Post has a classic, 1940s bar, just steps from the Oak Leaf Trail.

Mother’s Day Weekend in The Parks

Milwaukee County Parks are offering a variety of activities with Mom in mind

4,000 Volunteers Clean Up River

MKE Riverkeeper’s annual cleanup removes 70,000 pounds of trash.

Group Tee-Off, Clinics Open Disc-Golf Season at Dretzka Park

Dretzka’s disc-golf course is located at the west side of the park at 124th Street and West Bradley Road.

Community Meeting Set to Discuss Milwaukee River Floodplain Soil and Sediment Sample Results

The public meeting will be held April 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Gordon Park Pavilion.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele Thanks Common Council for Their Support to Remove Estabrook Dam

MMSD will be responsible for removing the Dam once it obtains the necessary DNR permits.

Supervisor Johnson: Abele’s Estabrook Scheme Offensive

"His anti-democratic scheme exploits the special powers granted to him by the Republican legislature in Madison."

The Old City, About 1858

Rare engraving by famed lithographer Louis Kurz, who also did famous Chicago views.

Questions and Answers on Estabrook Dam

Part 2 of analysis disagreeing with our series and arguing dam should not be repaired.

Don’t Repair the Estabrook Dam

Taking issue with Urban Milwaukee's series. First of two parts.

County Board Unanimously Approves Resolution to Protect Parks

At Least 43 Lack Designated Zoning as Parkland; Measure Moves to Avoid Sale by Executive

43 County Park Properties At Risk Because They Lack Local Zoning Protection

Chairman Lipscomb Introduces Resolution To Protect Parks and Parkland That Could Be Sold by County Executive Without Public Hearing or Legislative Oversight

Aliah Berman

"Milwaukee is a very livable city, and there is so much to do."

Estabrook Dam’s Environmental Impact

Green activists support the dam’s removal, but that might actually hurt the environment.

Repairing Estabrook Dam Will Cost Less

When all costs are considered, removing the dam could cost far more than repair.

Estabrook Dam’s Golden Age for Swimming

It was a huge success, with heavy use of public swimming and beaches. What happened? Part 3 of series.

Why the Estabrook Dam Was Created

Ancient geological conditions created troublesome stretch of the Milwaukee River which led to unique solution. Part 2 of a series.

Why Estabrook Dam Must Be Saved

Removing it could cost more, damage environment and foreclose innovative solutions. First in a series.

New Milwaukee Area Trails Completed

Most notable: lakefront trail now extends past Hampton, connects to Ozaukee Interurban Trail.

Oak Leaf Trail Extension Bike-Chain-Cutting Ceremony Celebrates Milwaukee Lakefront to Ozaukee Interurban Trail Connection

Bridges along the corridor were instrumental in providing unimpeded access over I-43, Port Washington Road, Silver Spring Drive, the Milwaukee River Parkway, and the Milwaukee River.

New Deal Projects topic of Klement Lecture at Marquette University

Brechin will present “Recovering from the Great Depression: The Living New Deal Project Uncovers a Lost Civilization Built 80 Years Ago, and What We Can Learn From It Today.”

Bryant’s Old Fashioned Charm

Venerated south side cocktail lounge will be open early for the 5th Annual Doors Open Milwaukee.

Public Beer Gardens Are Great Fun

County now boasts four permanent and two traveling beer gardens.

Lipscomb’s River Ranch

County Board chairman's ranch is in isolated part of Glendale near dammed river.

County Executive to Open New Season of Traveling Beer Garden™

Milwaukee County Parks Adds Second Tour in 2015

New Bike Trails Coming

Beerline Trail from Keefe to Capitol Dr. will be completed in July and Phase 4 of Oak Leaf Trail north from Estabrook Park in November.

Milwaukee’s Extraordinary Freshwater Future

A huge number of redevelopment and environmental projects will further reshape and improve the city’s waterfront lands.

More Trails, More Plowing and Better Maps

An update on all the improvements for biking both locally and state-wide.

Judge Derek Mosley’s 160-Year-Old Home

The municipal judge's home is unique -- just one of just 38 in town built before the Civil War.

Traveling Beer Garden to Tour the Parks

Milwaukee County Parks Brings a Tradition to More Milwaukee Families

Celebrate Bike to Work Week with Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, Milwaukee County Parks and the Wisconsin Bike Federation are teaming up for a group bicycle ride on Wednesday, May 14th.

Milwaukee County Proposes New Beer Garden for 2014

County Could See $100,000 a Year in Revenue

Chairwoman Dimitrijevic and Supervisor Broderick Develop New Funding Mechanism for Milwaukee County Parks

“Parks Amenities Matching Fund” supports Parks without tax levy on residents.

Walk or run for better health – tomorrow

The goal of the event is to get urban dwellers to re-think nutrition, exercise and healthy choices.