City Takes First Step To Rename Southside Park

Arlington Heights Park. Photo taken June 21, 2021 by Annie Terry. Alderperson JoCasta Zamarripa isn’t heading to Madison without completing her to-do list at Milwaukee City Hall. The secretary of state-elect checked a key item off the list Wednesday: renaming Arlington Heights Park. The Public Works Committee unanimously backed renaming the city-owned park to better reflect its location; it will be called Silver City Park. As for the old name,  It was frankly just a placeholder. It was never meant to continue. They just needed something at that moment, Zamarripa told the committee. The placeholder name has created confusion, because Arlington Heights is a neighborhood several miles to the north near Capitol Drive and Interstate 43. The placeholder name was, ironically, given to avoid confusion. A council legislative record indicates the renaming was first proposed in 2000 by then-area Ald. Michael Murphy for the tot lot at S. 35th and W. Pierce streets. The council approved the change