Bronzeville

Bronzeville is bounded by Garfield Avenue to Center Street, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive to 7th Street.

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Recent Press Releases Referencing Bronzeville

Installation of New Works by Martine Syms in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville District, Presented by Bronzeville Center for the Arts and Sculpture Milwaukee

Dec 10th, 2025 by Sculpture Milwaukee

Now on view, a streetside exhibition of new works by Martine Syms explores the artist’s dynamic practice and epigrammatic reflections on contemporary life and culture.

The Bronzeville Center for the Arts Appoints Distinguished Arts Advocate Ra Joy as Next Executive Director

Dec 3rd, 2025 by Bronzeville Center for the Arts

Joy, with decades of experience in the arts and public policy, served most recently as Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor at the National Endowment for the Arts under President Joe Biden

Bronzeville Center for the Arts and Sculpture Milwaukee Jointly Announce New Partnership to Present Monumental Public Art in the Bronzeville District

Nov 10th, 2025 by Sculpture Milwaukee

Two Milwaukee arts organizations will collaborate to bring outdoor installations to Bronzeville, expanding opportunities for diverse audiences to engage with contemporary art by artists of African descent

Neighborhood Buildings

• 1818 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.

  Learn More Veterans Affairs Community Resource Referral Center

• 1920 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.

  

  Home of the African American Chamber of Commerce its Legacy Co-Working and Innovation Space.

• 1940 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Office Building

  

  Proposed three-story medical office and apartment building.

• 1940-1948 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.

  

  Vacant lot includes four properties, 1940, 1944 and 1948 N. Martin Luther King Jr Dr. and 227 W. Brown St.

• 2007 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.

  

• 2220-2244 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.

  

• 2225 N. 7th St.

  

• 2406-2408 N. Vel R. Phillips Ave.

  

• 322-340 W. Meinecke Ave.

  

• 324-332 W. North Ave.

  

  Purchased by America's Black Holocaust Museum in Nov. 2021.

• 331-339 W. North Ave.

  

• 507-519 W. North Ave.

  

  Gallery 507, home of Bronzeville Center for the Arts administrative offices and gallery.

• Bronzeville Center for the Arts Complex

  

  Proposed for 2312 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.

• Bronzeville Creative Arts & Tech Hub

  

  Sixty-unit, four-story mixed-use complex for combination of eight city-owned parcels.

• Garfield Apartments

  

  Historic 4th Street School redeveloped into apartments by a partnership of Joshua Jeffers and Melissa Goins.

• Kindred Building

  

  The former home of Reader's Choice bookstore. Purchased by Melissa Goins' CUPED Corporation in 2017 for redevelopment into a community space for non-profits. Named Kindred Building after science fiction novel by Octavia Butler.

• The Griot

  

  Apartment building with first-floor commercial space. Home to America's Black Holocaust Museum.