History
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City Streets
Silver Spring Has Wild History
Aug 15th, 2018 by Carl Baehr
Ethnic fights, ice harvesting, tub races, pigeon shooting and more.
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House Confidential
A Rare Frank Lloyd Wright Home
Jul 25th, 2018 by Michael Horne
A late and larger Wright, built in 1958, stands out from otherwise bland Bayside.
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City Streets
How Forest Home Became An Avenue
Jul 24th, 2018 by Carl Baehr
First an Indian trail, then Janesville Plank Rd., then came a cemetery for 28 mayors.
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Bar Exam
The Cheel, Thiensville’s Best Bar?
Jul 18th, 2018 by Michael Horne
Located on the Interurban bike path, hotel bar's history goes back to 1895.
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Books
Remembering Milwaukee’s Socialist Days
Jul 13th, 2018 by Dan Kaufman
New book The Fall of Wisconsin, contrasts state’s progressives with Scott Walker era.
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City Streets
Why Two Streets Named Washington?
Jul 11th, 2018 by Carl Baehr
The great street name purge of 1920s left in place the duplication of Washington names.
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House Confidential
The House of City Insiders
Jun 28th, 2018 by Michael Horne
Former city tax assessor Julie Penman and streetcar consultant Jeff Bentoff live here.
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City Streets
Mitchell Street, Town’s Most Popular Name?
Jun 22nd, 2018 by Carl Baehr
Mitchell Park, Boulevard, airport, etc., all named after one family.
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Preview the New Black Holocaust Museum
Jun 14th, 2018 by Andrea Waxman
Actor Danny Glover featured in opening celebration of building housing museum and Griot Apartments.
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Bar Exam
Hop Over to The Wicked Hop
May 24th, 2018 by Michael Horne
One of the few taverns on streetcar line, in one of few buildings to survive Third Ward fire.
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Bar Exam
Walker’s Pint Is City’s Oldest Lesbian Bar
May 11th, 2018 by Michael Horne
In an 1885 building that's been a tavern for more than a century. A local classic.
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Eyes On Milwaukee
Pabst Mansion Celebrates Its Survival
Apr 30th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Unique Gilded Age mansion built in 1892 almost became a parking lot 40 years ago.
