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Third Ward Ballet Building Okayed
New 50,000-square-foot building could transform the Milwaukee Ballet.
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We’ll see what happens. My first choice for a location for the Ballet would be in Westtown–either on Wisconsin Avenue between 4th and the River or around the Germania Building. (Clearly, I have not been consulted.) 😉 I would see that as further activating the area that will be the new home for the Symphony, and is already so close to the Riverside, Rep, etc. A district with a preponderance of performing arts. Down here in Chicago, the Joffrey Ballet’s space with big, floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking State Street is impressive–you can look up a couple stories and see rehearsals going on during evening rush hour.
I respect Shield’s work a lot. This design looks so simple and, in a way, bland. It looks rather suburban with all that adjacent empty space. I get that it’s just a drawing. Let’s hope that its strategic placement on the ICC lot is an indication that more development is planned on the rest of the land. The remaining property is just a big rectangle crying for developing, and even reintegration into the street grid.
Year 12 of the 5 Year plan. Good Luck.