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Henry Maier Festival Park - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
R.A. Smith National completed the site landscape plans for Phase One of the new South Gate, Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard Stage and Marcus Amphitheater forecourt at Henry Maier Festival Park.
R.A. Smith National worked collaboratively on the design team with Eppstein Uhen Architects, Milwaukee World Festival, Inc., Hunzinger Construction Company and a large, multi-disciplinary team of engineers, contractors and consultants to integrate the landscape and hardscape plans early and throughout the overall design process.
The new design includes a new entryway, improved/expanded parking areas, bus loading areas, bicycle parking, entry plazas and raised planters, new performance areas and improved pedestrian-scale site amenities. Large trees were incorporated into the design to provide an immediate landscape impact for the park.
R.A. Smith National’s landscape architect, Tom Mortensen, RLA, has been working on projects with Summerfest for the past 10 years. Design work for Phase Two is scheduled to begin immediately and will be completed in time for the grand opening of the 45th anniversary of Summerfest in 2012. Collectively, Phase One and Phase Two projects encompass approximately 22 acres of the 75-acre site.
