Skip to main content

UW-Madison’s new Lakeshore Center would mar natural Picnic Point

I am devastated that the new Lakeshore Center building that UW-Madison is going to erect at the entrance to Picnic Point will be right at the current entry point, blocking the beautiful stone wall — now delicately outlined in snow. It also will require moving the pedestrian and bike paths, plus the road.

There are other good alternatives, assuming this building is even needed. How about building where the current parking area is, and moving the parking slightly west? Or how about the area near the old Kaiser beach house, which should be renovated, preserved and included.