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Fox 6 anchor watches for ships for his Big Boats blog from a classic lakeside apartment.
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“The Hong Kong-based ship bore a load of steel beams from Luxembourg to be used in the construction of the new Bucks arena.”
So we aren’t using American steel for a partially publicly funded facility? [sarcasm]
Always wondered about this building. Would this have been Milwaukee’s *first* modernist high rise?
Having spent exactly 25 years at the Lodgewood, I was pretty much forced out by new ownership that raised my rent way beyond my means, tacked on water , sewer & A/C charges as well, and I was one of the rest of the 90% good neighbors who also left over the next months to a year.. The drama is repeated at the Lodgewood as in other Katz Properties, where the costs go up, the service falls way down, and the community that was once strong and vibrant is sent scattering for another such place. The sad part is this location and view is indeed spectacular, but the family that once lived there was torn apart. Improvements were made, but at great expense to the resident’s who had to endure loud banging noises in the hallways, the deck, and the common garbage areas were often full of trash from the apt’s being renovated. Some of the higher end apartments had gorgeous remade kitchens, paid by the tenants themselves, with custom cabinets and marble top counter tops. The Katz restoration to these units replaced high end cabinet with pressed wood product cabinets with black exteriors and the counter tops were a cheap laminate. The bathrooms also lost much of their looks with cheaper imitations replacing beautiful plumbing and tile effects. The landscaping did make a better improvement, but the daily up-keep is lacking for what use to be a very clean and well maintained destination, No, the Katz Properties have left a very bad taste in all of our mouths. We have very little good to say about it being a value for the buck.