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  • City Hall: City Creates Vel Phillips Ave., Plans Statue

    Councilwoman Vel Phillips speaks at a Milwaukee Common Council meeting in 1970. Archival image from the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project. May 8th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Bar Exam: A Bar That’s Also a Museum

    Brew City MKE. Photo by Michael Horne. May 3rd, 2018 by Michael Horne
  • Eyes on Milwaukee: Downtown Strip Club To Finally Open

    The trademark Silk "S" is now visible at 730 N. Old World Third St. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. May 2nd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Eyes on Milwaukee: Downtown Bridges Cause Mounting Traffic

    Broadway Bridge. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Apr 25th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
  • City Hall: 4th St. Will Become Vel. R. Phillips Ave.

    Vel Phillips. Photo by Voces de la Frontera from Milwaukee, USA (Vel Phillips at March on Milwaukee - 2007) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Apr 25th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Friday Photos: A Drury Hotel for Downtown

    Drury Plaza Hotel Milwaukee Downtown. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Apr 13th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Eyes on Milwaukee: Downtown Has Added 11,450 Housing Units

    Vignette Apartments at The North End. Photos from Landre Photography. Apr 12th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Now Serving: New Downtown Mini-Bowling Bar?

    A mini-bowling bar could be coming to the Posner Building (MKE Lofts). Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Mar 21st, 2018 by Jennifer Rick
  • Plats and Parcels: Is the Downtown Apartment Boom Over?

    Brady and Water. Rendering by AG Architecture. Mar 11th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
  • Eyes on Milwaukee: St. James Church Project Approved

    Updated rendering of St. James Episcopal Church Redevelopment. Rendering by Engberg Anderson Architects. Mar 6th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Eyes on Milwaukee: State Moving Downtown Offices

    6th and Wells Office Building. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Feb 9th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Residents Jeer Pay-to-Park Plan

    Lake Park. Photo by Dave Reid. Feb 7th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
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