Goodspeed Family Pier
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A magnet for nighttime relaxation since opening in 2013, the pier honoring the family of Mary Sue Goodspeed Shannon ’81 replaced the aging stone-and-concrete structure below the Alumni Center.
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Swimming isn’t permitted near the pier (the Memorial Union has a swimming pier nearby), but these two undergraduates still used it as a jumping-off point to greet the sunrise over Lake Mendota last summer.
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Up to seventeen boats can tie up at the dock, made of massaranduba — a hard, reddish wood from Central and South America that’s also known as bulletwood. In season, the pier is open from six in the morning to midnight.
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The pier has more than 330 feet of boardwalk and will link the future Alumni Park — a gift to the campus from the Wisconsin Alumni Association — with Lake Mendota when it opens later this year.
Published in the Summer 2016 issue
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