Real Estate
Plankinton House Hotel, 1889
The Plankinton House hotel once sat on prime real estate.
Sep 9th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
833 East, the Unsung Hero of Office Towers
New high rise office building has no city subsidy and will add to the property tax base immediately.
Sep 5th, 2014 by Jeramey Jannene
Mequon Prepares for War… Or Something
The city has installed a Cold War tank in the middle of a venerable cemetery.
Sep 5th, 2014 by Michael Horne
MPS Expels Construction Skills Training Program From North Division
Program had 275 students enrolled and long waiting list, but program's founder had 25-year-old forgery conviction.
Sep 4th, 2014 by Andrea Waxman, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
The Cream City’s Classic Churches
Nothing better exemplifies the city’s architectural history than its cream brick churches.
Sep 3rd, 2014 by Christopher Hillard
Plankinton House Hotel, 1886
Milwaukee had become a boom town, where Adam Gimbel would relocate his dry goods business.
Sep 3rd, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Developer Slays NIMBY Objectors
Why East Side development can move so slowly. And when developers can bypass the neighbors.
Sep 1st, 2014 by Jeramey Jannene
Artists Transforming the “Artery” Bicycle Trail
Trail runs north from Beerline trail, from Keefe Ave. in Riverwest north to Third and Capitol Dr.
Aug 29th, 2014 by Andrea Waxman, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Rev. Mark Jeske’s Lutheran Parsonage
The televangelist's classic 1892 Italianate town home near Brady St. is hardly staid, what with its backyard hot tub.
Aug 28th, 2014 by Michael Horne
MIAD Opens New Residence Hall, Celebrates 40 Years
Half-birthday bash, half-ribbon cutting, the ceremony unveiled MIAD's new six-story, Third Ward building.
Aug 27th, 2014 by Jeramey Jannene
Plankinton House Hotel, 1867
Its owners would expand it over the decades to make sure it remained Milwaukee's finest hotel, but this is the original structure.
Aug 27th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Potawatomi Plays Hardball
Gov. Walker delayed decision on Kenosha casino, so tribe is delaying $25 million payment owed to state.
Aug 27th, 2014 by Bruce Murphy
