Donors Interested in Saving Mitchell Park | But not necessarily saving the domes. Local supervisor, Parks and philanthropic community moving toward a new Mitchell Park project.
Donors Interested in Saving Mitchell Park | But not necessarily saving the domes. Local supervisor, Parks and philanthropic community moving toward a new Mitchell Park project.
But not necessarily saving the domes. Local supervisor, Parks and philanthropic community moving toward a new Mitchell Park project.
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I know its a super unpopular opinion, but i wouldnt mind seeing the domes torn down/replaced with a new botanical garden.
I find the domes to be rather underwhelming compared to other botanical gardens & find the facility to be rather inefficiently laid out.
I think losing the domes with no botanical garden replacement would be a big loss for the city, but dont really see the domes themselves as particularly worth saving.
@Salad_Fries @hukaulaba The style of the domes is very mid-century and very experimental (usually when you do a domed structure, you don't have it primarily made out of concrete). I'm sure that you can build something better using modern techniques, but it is less of a case of utility and more of a case of uniqueness. There are a lot of structures in #Milwaukee's past that I wish were still around, but somebody at some point made the determination that it was more functional to demolish it.