Carl Baehr
City Streets

Why Does City Have Two Pierce Streets?

One in Riverwest, one on South Side, each named in 1850s after different people.

By - Oct 23rd, 2019 04:24 pm

One in Riverwest, one on South Side, each named in 1850s after different people. Back to the full article.

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Categories: City Streets, History

One thought on “City Streets: Why Does City Have Two Pierce Streets?”

  1. Edith Wagner says:
    October 27, 2019 at 12:13 pm

    I grew up on Pleasant Street (8000 west) in Wauwatosa and delivery people were always ringing our door bell asking where the rest of the Pleasant Street was. It was a long, long way east!

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