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Fonz Statue

It’s Official, Fonz Funding Complete

Jan 25th, 2008 | By | Category: Fonz Statue, Shops of Grand Avenue

Milwaukee is the talk of the internet today, as the major news outlets announce the Fonz statue to the world.  VisitMilwaukee has officially raised the $85,000 needed to build the statue. I’ve been in support of the statue since I first learned of it because it encourages visitors (who come to Milwaukee for completely unrelated [...]



Fonz Wins, Brenner Leaving Town

Jan 24th, 2008 | By | Category: Fonz Statue, Historic Third Ward, Hotcakes Gallery

My sources, namely Twitter, tell me that Mike Brenner and his Hotcakes Gallery will soon be a part of Milwaukee history.  The eccentric gallery owner promised to close his gallery and leave Milwaukee if the Fonz statue was fully funded.  Well I haven’t heard for sure that that has happened yet other than from Brenner, [...]



Word on the Street (12.17.2007)

Dec 17th, 2007 | By | Category: Blue Ribbon Hall, Breakwater Condos, Brew City Redevelopment LLC, Fonz Statue, Kane Commons, Marquette, MSOE, Old German Beer Hall, Robert Kern, The Brewery, The Residences on Water, WisPark LLC

Links from the Milwaukee-informationsphere Mary Louise Schumacher is yet another art person doesn’t think it’s a good idea to build a recognizable landmark that will increase pedestrian traffic in downtown Milwaukee. Hofbrauhaus Milwaukee, a proposed German beer hall and restaurant, is likely coming next The Brewery development at the old Pabst brewery in Blue Ribbon [...]



Bronze the Fonz

Nov 30th, 2007 | By | Category: Chase Tower, East Town, Fonz Statue, Historic Third Ward, Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Riverwalk

Henry Winkler Originally uploaded by chelsea tobe Urban Milwaukee and Fresh Coast Ventures, LLC would like to throw their support behind the “Bronze the Fonz” campaign. The urban, pedestrian-friendly location of the statue on the riverwalk will only give Milwaukee visitors one more reason to stay downtown, walk downtown, and spend their money downtown. A [...]