Christmas Lake Park, Shorewood, MN. April 30, 2021. Overlook wall on N side of Hwy. 7. Designed by Arthur Nichols. Christmas Lake Park, Shorewood, MN. April 30, 2021. Council ring wall on S side of Hwy. 7. Designed by Arthur Nichols. Like Lilac Way, Christmas Lake Park was designed by Arthur Nichols, influenced by the…
MnDOT’s Historic Roadside Property Program has committed resources to provide repairs and cleanup for this historic Lilac Way park in summer 2021. New MnDOT maintenance project will precede title transfer to City of Robbinsdale. After speaking with park supporters and seeing community enthusiasm, Historic Roadside Property Program (HRPP) Manager Andrea Weber dedicated funding to improve…
August 17, 2019. The Robbinsdale Lions Club led an amazingly successful year at Graeser Park. They have unearthed many original 1939 WPA-built Lilac Way structures, including a picnic table platform, pathways to a buried staircase to Broadway Avenue, the back wall to a path wall and multiple bump-out areas. These were all designed by Landscape…
May 6, 2019. An amazing, hard-working crew showed up for the first Rock Island Cleanup Day on May 4, 2019. So much work was done in just three hours.
April 14, 2019. If you’ve been to a National Park, you may have seen structures that resemble Lilac Way features. Designed by Landscape Architect Arthur Nichols,