Park-and-ride lot at College Avenue, Milwaukee "I just want to sit here and relax. This is the park-and-ride; the park-and-ride is a vacation spot," said Jeremiah Horton, Newman's husband.

MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has announced two park and ride lots will close indefinitely due to declining safety conditions, along with the partial closure of a third lot.

The North Point Water Tower was built in 1871. "The water pumps were down there at the foot of the bluff, and they were pumping water to a reservoir in what's now Kilbourn Park on North Avenue ...

Over at the park-and-ride on College Avenue, Wanda Ward, 64, has a little more time before the barricades enclose the encampment. She read the DOT's announcement this morning, she said.