Although Mitchell Park’s redesign is still in the early planning stages, renderings reveal what the park might look like in the future. The renderings, created by Eppstein Uhen Architects of Milwaukee, show two possible locations for the football field donated by the Green Bay Packers to Journey House in 2009. The field would be flanked by bleachers and feature stadium lights.
Plans have not finalized and there are other options, according to Manni Marquez, director of the Clarke Square Zilber Neighborhood Initiative, but two possibilities include installing the field on top of what were once the sunken gardens or where the soccer fields are currently located.
Sunken gardens location – view from W. Pierce St.
Aerial view of sunken gardens location
Soccer field location for Packers field
Ground view of soccer field location for Packers field
Edgar is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in Journalism and Sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master’s degree in Communication. As an accomplished journalist, Edgar’s awards include a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow award, several press club awards and a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism.
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