Bruce Block

Sherman Phoenix Needs Help to ‘Rise Again’

To rise again, the Sherman Phoenix and its 27 businesses need your help.

Bucks Guard Scores Again on Project

Historic preservation group again clears way for Connaughton's downtown development.

McCarthy Appeals on Bucks Player’s Project

Wants Common Council to overrule HPC ruling that 1860s house can be razed.

1860s Home Isn’t Historic Says Commission

Historic commission's surprising vote rejects historic designation, inches Bucks guard's project closer to reality.

Urban Stables Take Shape

Project combines police horses with equine therapy for veterans and children.

Council Grabs More Design Oversight

Bauman reaches compromise with Marcoux. Council gets some say on new overlay zones.

Who Gets Design Oversight?

Bauman wants council control over overlay zones, while DCD, local developers object.

Bay View Stables Deal Finally Approved

After much debate, deal goes forward for equine therapy facility and stable for MPD horses.

Three New “Historic” Homes For East Side

City committee designates vacant land as historic, allows three new homes near Water Tower.

New Homes Planned for East Side

Sticky details delay developer's plan for three homes near Columbia St. Mary's.

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $1,000

Masonic Lodge Could Become Hotel

Plan would build addition atop historic building, but will preservation advocates block it?

Contribution to Michael Murphy of $400

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $200

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $1,000

Bucks Sign Contract for Park East Land

Press conference with Abele celebrates award of 10 acres of county land for $1 and big dreams.

Milwaukee’s Biggest Building Breaks Ground

"A beautiful day in Milwaukee" and for assembled power brokers as Northwestern Mutual's new skyscraper gets underway.

How a Nuns’ Home Became a Historic Duplex

The 1892 home for St. John's Cathedral nuns is now a 3,855-square foot, Yankee Hill residence.

Millennials Drive Downtown Growth, GMC Told

Younger residents far more important than empty nesters in driving city growth, and urban areas are surpassing suburbs, speakers at conference note.

Hide House Developer Wins Partial Appeal of Historic Designation

At the Thursday July 23rd meeting of the Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee the appeal of he interim historic designation of the Hide House complex in Bay View was heard.

Historic Preservation Commission Delays Hide House Project With Quick Adjournment

The development team of General Capital Group and Joseph Development was before the Historic Preservation Commission to request a certificate of appropriateness which would allow them to demolish a portion of the Hide House complex, a former tannery at 2625 S. Greeley St. in Bay View.