Viets Field

New Bus Route Changes Begin Dec. 3

Some MCTS rides will increase frequency, modify their route or add trips starting next week.

MSOE Conservatory Opens in Historic Duplex

New music conservatory housed in former residential duplex on E. Juneau Ave.

MSOE Will Open Music Conservatory In Historic Duplex

University repurposing 118-year-old, Juneau Ave. house at northern edge of its campus.

MSOE Building Women’s Softball Stadium

The university is also adding five new women's sports, and making a push to diversify student body.

Safe & Sound Moving To New Home

Plus: A new owner for historic building, MSOE's new stem center and the weekly recap.

Inside The Redevelopment of Viets Tower

MSOE is transforming its oldest residence hall, adding a 13-story addition.

Viets Tower’s Rise

MSOE redeveloping 1960s residence hall into modern complex accessible to all students.

Coalition to March on the DNC Plans Banner Drops in Lead Up to Action on August 20

MSOE Reshaping Its Campus

New STEM center, redeveloped residence hall just the latest changes.

Hammes Moving Downtown in 2018

Another company moving from suburbs to Downtown and with unusual architectural style.

MSOE Renames Soccer Field

Kovac wonders why MSOE would name it after its current president. And why an engineering school couldn't dig a deep enough hole for its soccer field.

MSOE Soccer Garage Debuts

MSOE unveils parking garage, athletic field complex.

City Wants Changes for Old Pizza Man Site

Proposed building is "too boxy" and "monolithic," Ald. Kovac and others on review board say.

The Longest Yard

Why does MSOE's new soccer field and parking lot make us think of a prison?

The Ever-Changing City

Countless changes on the lower East Side, the end of an art gallery, and the pols gather for Willie Hines' fundraiser.

James Phelps

How to succeed at business without ever leaving your neighborhood.

Parking, Parking, Parking

More parking for more cars in the Park East corridor.

Wanna Buy Some Park East Land?

Sensing market interest, Milwaukee County is trying to sell a parcel of land -- for the third time.

MSOE Parking Garage

Park East Freeway spur land is becoming 780-stall parking garage

Rumblings in the Park East

Unions battle over and delay one project, another project gets a six month extension, and another is underway in the Park East.

Talgos being Mothballed, Bike Corrals Return, YP Week, and More

Welcome to the fifth installment of Eyes on Milwaukee. This week we take a look at mothballing the new Talgo trainsets for the Amtrak Hiawatha line, the return of the bike corrals, Young Professional Week, free music from the Milwaukee Public Library, and more.

Lake Parkway, Kohl’s and Target, Frontier vs Southwest, and More

Welcome to the second weekly installment of Eyes on the Street, a new column running down what’s happening in urban Milwaukee. This week we look at the Lake Parkway extension, Kohl's and Target, Frontier Airlines vs Southwest Airlines, Development News, Openings and Closings, and more.

Zoning Committee Votes for Approval of MSOE Parking Garage

MSOE's $28 million, 750 stall parking garage proposal received approval at the February 22nd, 2012 meeting of the Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee meeting.

MSOE’s Parking Garage #FAIL

Milwaukee County and the City of Milwaukee City Plan Commission both unanimously recommended approval of the Milwaukee School of Engineering's parking garage proposal in the Park East. These approvals point out that City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County politicians are anxious to see new development in the Park East. Unfortunately, as currently conceived this isn't a project worthy of approval.

MSOE Parking Garage Proposal Needs Work

Talks between M&I, MSOE, and Milwaukee County regarding MSOE's proposed parking garage in the Park East have dragged on for months, and it is likely because of a new detail that makes a marginal project into a bad project.

Target in Downtown Milwaukee

With the announcement that Target is opening a CityTarget store on State Street in Chicago's The Loop Neighborhood, the idea of a downtown Milwaukee Target has been generating a considerable amount of buzz in the past few weeks. Unfortunately for those wishing to shop at a downtown Target, none of that buzz has come from Target. Assuming Target was interested though, what location and store format would best match the desires of Target-loving shoppers with the needs of the city to continue to develop a healthy urban core in and around downtown? Let's explore.

2010 Not the Year of the Park East… Even Worse

Our belief that 2010 could have been the Year of the Park East, came up a bit short, and unfortunately it wasn't the only project that was derailed in 2010.

How Urban are Marquette, MIAD, MSOE, and UWM?

Milwaukee is lucky to have a number of higher education institutions in its most urban neighborhoods.

MSOE Proposes Parking Garage with Athletic Field in the Park East (Renderings)

Milwaukee School of Engineering is proposing the construction of a $30 million, 780-car parking garage, that would have an athletic field on the roof of the building. About 500 of the 780 parking spots would be leased to business and the general public, generating taxable revenue for MSOE.