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Apartments planned for Commerce St. riverfront likely getting tax credits By Tom Daykin Tower Automotive site, Art Museum to be used in “Transformers 3″ scenes By Tom Daykin Glorioso grocery plans get heat By Milwaukee News Buzz Erie Street Plaza gets aspens instead of bamboo By Mary Louise Schumacher New report shows biking and walking [...]

A variety of infrastructure improvements can be utilized to build a quality city, big items such as well designed parks, and little things such as eliminating unnecessary curb cuts can all play a role. Recently, the City of Milwaukee has been moving forward with street improvements such as the “complete street” reconstruction of S. 2nd Street in Walker’s Point which is scheduled for construction this summer, and the conversion of one-way streets to two-way streets such as the E. State Street project currently under construction, but there is more that can be done to enhance streets in Milwaukee to build a better city.

We’ve had a good run here at UrbanMilwaukee.com, but we’re shutting our doors, packing up the U-Haul, and moving to Portland, OR. Well, no. We spent last weekend exploring the great city of Portland, and the thought did cross our minds but we’re not going anywhere. In fact we’ve just moved into UrbanMilwaukee.com’s new office in downtown Milwaukee, and are doubling down on our efforts to Champion Life in the Cream City.

Today, is the start Milwaukee’s second annual Pedestrian Safety Week, during which the City of Milwaukee will be holding crosswalk safety demonstrations all week long, so if you see a chicken trying to cross the road, please yield.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee Brewer’s Polish Racing Sausage kicked off “Pedestrian Safety Week” today. They carried signs reminding drivers that they need to yield for pedestrians in the crosswalk. In fact Mayor Barrett’s sign read “Why did Mayor Barrett cross the road? To remind drivers of state law. Yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk.”