East Side
Dec 15th, 2011 |
By Dave Reid |
Category: Bay View, Bicycling, East Side, East Town, Feature, MCTS, Milwaukee Streetcar, Walker's Point
As the US economy continued it slow recovery from the Great Recession, Milwaukee was left with a couple of failed development projects to complete or redefine, a changing real estate market, the opportunity to make small infrastructure changes, and questions about the future of transit.
Posted in Bay View, Bicycling, East Side, East Town, Feature, MCTS, Milwaukee Streetcar, Walker's Point |
5 comments
Nov 10th, 2011 |
By Jeramey Jannene |
Category: East Side, Feature, Milwaukee Public Library System
The Milwaukee Public Library Board of Trustee’s Building and Development Committee met at the East Library on Wednesday night to hear final proposals from the three respondents to the East Library Redevelopment RFP. Following a closed session for deliberations, the Building and Development Committee voted to move the proposal from HSI Properties forward to the full Library Board.
Tags: East Library
Posted in East Side, Feature, Milwaukee Public Library System |
7 comments
Oct 27th, 2011 |
By Jeramey Jannene |
Category: Bay View, Bayshore Town Center, Feature, General Mitchell International Airport, MCTS, UWM
Due in large part to a reduction in state aid starting in 2012, the Milwaukee County Transit System had planned for a massive reduction in service. Thanks to some last minute creative planning by those at MCTS, the vast majority of those cuts are on track to be avoided thanks to the use of CMAQ funds. The CMAQ funds, allocated out of a competitive bidding process, will provide funding to institute “express service” for two years along a number of key corridors which will replace segments of a number of routes. A public meeting, hosted by Supervisors Marina Dimitrijevic, Jason Haas, and Patricia Jursik, on the proposed Bayshore – Airport Express service was recently held to present the service to the community and answer any questions on the upcoming questions.
Tags: CMAQ
Posted in Bay View, Bayshore Town Center, Feature, General Mitchell International Airport, MCTS, UWM |
9 comments
Sep 15th, 2011 |
By Jeramey Jannene |
Category: East Side, Feature, Milwaukee Public Library System, Nik Kovac
Wednesday night, Alderman Nik Kovac held a public meeting to allow feedback to be voiced regarding the three proposed alternatives for the redevelopment of the one-story East Library into a mixed-use facility. The meeting was a follow-up to a meeting last November discussing the potential of issuing a request-for-proposal (RFP) for the redevelopment of the East Library site. Attendees at the meeting were provided with an update on the process and allowed to ask questions about the process and proposals. The predictable East Side public meeting questions were aired, but which, if any, of the proposals will be selected?
Tags: Ashanti Hamilton, East Library, Library Board, Milele Coggs
Posted in East Side, Feature, Milwaukee Public Library System, Nik Kovac |
5 comments
Aug 2nd, 2011 |
By Dave Reid |
Category: Bicycling, Downer Avenue, Feature
Last week marked the installation of another on-street bike corral in Milwaukee. The newest on-street bike corral is located at Cafe Hollander on Milwaukee’s East Side.
Tags: Bike Corral, Cafe Hollander
Posted in Bicycling, Downer Avenue, Feature |
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Jul 18th, 2011 |
By Dave Reid |
Category: Bicycling, East Side, Feature
Portland has 67 on-street bike corrals while Milwaukee now has just two. With the latest being installed this past week at the Nomad on the Lower East Side. The Nomad’s new bike corral is located in an used space along Warren St., and just as Alterra’s on-street bike corral removed no regular automobile parking spots, none were removed to install these racks.
Tags: Bike Corral, The Nomad
Posted in Bicycling, East Side, Feature |
15 comments
May 7th, 2011 |
By Dave Reid |
Category: Bicycling, East Side, Feature
Cities such as Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Minneapolis have install on-street bike parking in recent years, and now you can add Milwaukee to the list.
Posted in Bicycling, East Side, Feature |
12 comments
Apr 11th, 2011 |
By Dave Reid |
Category: East Side, East Town, Feature
Two small projects, one in East Town and the other on the East Side, are currently taking an existing poor design situation and attempting to activate the street through new designs.
Posted in East Side, East Town, Feature |
4 comments
Mar 10th, 2011 |
By Dave Reid |
Category: Feature, UWM
Having an educated populace is good for society, it increases the earning of all workers, it helps to generate wealth and fuels innovation. Subsidized parking doesn’t.
Tags: Free Parking
Posted in Feature, UWM |
13 comments
Jan 20th, 2011 |
By Dave Reid |
Category: Common Council, East Side, East Town, Feature
Two controversial development projects received key approvals at the January 19th, 2011 meeting of the Common Council.
Tags: Marriott Hotel
Posted in Common Council, East Side, East Town, Feature |
3 comments