Museum director Dan Keegan meets with county parks committee, but puts off decision.
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MAM is saying it wants to “preserve” the park and all its assets–for all of us. That’s the purpose of parks everywhere in America. It’s not about “buying” a park and redeveloping it for private profit.
Recent research revealed that O’Donnell Park and MAM (bridge & Calatrava) jointly are the #1 destination in downtown for tourists. Of course that makes sense, but many officials have tried to pretend otherwise. Milwaukee leaders want to draw more tourists and keep them happily engaged when they get here, I hope folks will get behind a plan to preserve and enhance this civic treasure. We should not just put it all on MAM to make sure our town plaza and access to this world-class museum are protected.
If we want to be more like Paris, we need to value both our parks and our museums. Great cities are known for having many great public spaces.