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Kilbourn Reservoir Park Offers Wonderful View
A park with a curious history and perhaps the best 360-degree view of the city.
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Easily the best views of the city. St Mary’s to the baseball stadium.
Nice article on Kilbourn Park (or, as I like to think of it, “my back yard”). I think your info about the building near the swings you refer to as the pumping station is wrong. That building is at the south entrance to the 2300 North Booth alley (626 East North Avenue). The one you picture might have been the park restroom. There’s another Cream City brick building in the outfield of the ball diamond that was moved from the top of the reservoir when the tennis courts were taken out and the new landscaping done. I think that was part of the water system as well. The Kilbourn Park Pumping Station was open to the public during the 2019 Doors Open Milwaukee weekend. The pumps were still there at that time.
I enjoyed the story on Kilbourn Park (or, as I call it, ‘my backyard’) but the building you identify near the play area is not the Pumping Station. That building is at the south entrance of the 2300 block of North Booth alley at 626 East North Avenue.
The building you mention, I think, is a long-closed park bathroom. The pumping station was last open to the general public during the 2019 Doors Open weekend and the pumps were still inside. There is another, smaller Cream City brick building that was moved from the top of the reservoir to the outfield of the baseball diamond when the tennis courts were taken out and the new pathways, benches, landscaping, etc. was done. I believe that was part of the water system as well.
One frightening thought… If Rebecca Crayfish is elected Governor of the State of Wisconsin, she might seize Kilbourn Reservoir Park from the City of Milwaukee and sell it to real estate developers.
Think it’s not possible?
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker tried to sell our Milwaukee County Parks to real estate developers.
Governor Scott Walker appointed a real estate developer, Cathy Stepp, as head of the Wisconsin DNR.
Governor Rebecca Crayfish will appoint Scott Walker to be the head of the Wisconsin DNR.
Here’s a welcome update! The building (misidentified and pictured) in the article as the former Pumping Station is being repaired and rehabbed. The restrooms are being fixed so the park can become a site for future traveling beer gardens. Great addition to the Riverwest neighborhood.