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  • Freshwater Mecca: Is Milwaukee the Leading Freshwater City?

    Downtown Milwaukee (above) and the equivalent geographic space in downtown Waukegan (below). Waukegan’s lakefront is dominated by a restricted access highways (planned in Milwaukee, but never built), and active rail lines (historically present, but long since removed from Milwaukee’s downtown lakefront), and active and vacant industrial land. Jan 15th, 2015 by David Holmes
  • Op Ed: Why the Streetcar Won’t Work

    The streetcar near the Milwaukee Intermodal Station. Jan 14th, 2015 by Samuel Jensen
  • Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Wolcott & Gregg Sewing Machine Store

    Wolcott & Gregg Jan 14th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
  • Yesterday’s Milwaukee: The Wheeler & Wilson Emporium, 1870s

    Wheeler & Wilson Jan 6th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
  • NEWaukeean of the Week: Laura Gramann

    Laura Gramann Jan 5th, 2015 by Newaukee
  • Yesterday’s Milwaukee: The Great Storm of 1871

    Great Storm of 1871. Dec 30th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
  • Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Courthouse Square Fountain, Late 1880s

    Courthouse Square Fountain, Late 1880s. Photo courtesy of Jeff Beutner. Dec 23rd, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
  • Back in the News: Chisholm Decision Triggers Controversy

    Dec 22nd, 2014 by Bruce Murphy
  • Plenty of Horne: Trocadero Sold; Eitel No Longer Lowlands Group Manager

    Trocadero. Photo by Alison Peterson Dec 20th, 2014 by Michael Horne
  • Yesterday’s Milwaukee: East Town and Second Courthouse, 1875

    ? Dec 17th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
  • Milwaukee Architecture: How Brutalism Changed the City

    Dec 15th, 2014 by Christopher Hillard
  • Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Jefferson Street, 1873

    Courthouse, 1873 Dec 9th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
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