MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- City leaders opened the Gary P. Grunau Memorial Plaza at Highland Ave. and North Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on Monday, Sept. 28, adding a public space to the Milwaukee Riverwalk.

The plaza honors Grunau, a Milwaukee real estate developer and civic leader who the city says helped advance the Riverwalk and downtown revitalization.

The city says the plaza will improve pedestrian connections along the river between the Water Street entertainment district, the Deer District and the Old World Third Street entertainment district.