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Massive Bubbles Coming To Downtown In July

Massive Bubbles Coming To Downtown In July

Promoter promises 'the most Instagrammable moment of the summer.'

Murphy’s Law: Is Historic Preservation Process Broken?
Murphy’s Law

Is Historic Preservation Process Broken?

Some feel city's process needs to be reformed. Are they right?

Eyes on Milwaukee: Marcus Center Unveils New Grounds
Eyes on Milwaukee

Marcus Center Unveils New Grounds

Kiley-grove replacement designed to provide more access, host more events.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Marcus Center Starts Construction On Former Chestnut Grove
Eyes on Milwaukee

Marcus Center Starts Construction On Former Chestnut Grove

Redeveloped outdoor space for concerts would include 24 honey locust trees.

GRAEF Returns to Downtown Office

GRAEF Returns to Downtown Office

The engineering firm had just moved into its newly renovated office when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Milwaukee.

Plats and Parcels: Marcus Center Begins Redevelopment
Plats and Parcels

Marcus Center Begins Redevelopment

First phase calls for overhaul of Uihlein Hall, live-streaming technology and revamping grounds.

Op Ed: Requiem for the Commons
Op Ed

Requiem for the Commons

Mutilated Marcus Center grove is just one of county’s many public spaces threatened by actions leaving citizens out in the cold.

Op Ed: Too Much Historic Preservation?
Op Ed

Too Much Historic Preservation?

City now has 180 designated sites. Often this has nothing to do with preservation.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Council Says Marcus Center Not Historic
Eyes on Milwaukee

Council Says Marcus Center Not Historic

Votes down designation and compromise to save Kiley grove with a friends group.

Op Ed: Marcus Center Has No County Board Oversight
Op Ed

Marcus Center Has No County Board Oversight

That’s because a state law handed all authority over most county facilities to County Executive Abele.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Committee Says Marcus Center Isn’t Historic
Eyes on Milwaukee

Committee Says Marcus Center Isn’t Historic

City committee overrules Historic Preservation Commission. Full Common Council up next.

In Public: The Lost Legacy of Harry Weese
In Public

The Lost Legacy of Harry Weese

Why the Marcus Center and Kiley grove are not historic.

Marcus Center Trees Removed Before Permit Issued

Marcus Center Trees Removed Before Permit Issued

Four of 36 trees were approved for this, but removal done before permit received.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Marcus Center, Kiley Grove Deemed Historic
Eyes on Milwaukee

Marcus Center, Kiley Grove Deemed Historic

Commission decision stalls redevelopment, but allows four ailing trees to be cut down.

Murphy’s Law: Kiley’s Chestnut Grove Provokes Hot Debate
Murphy’s Law

Kiley’s Chestnut Grove Provokes Hot Debate

Should it be saved? Or past its prime? At stake is the past and future of a changing city.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Marcus Center Decision Delayed A Month
Eyes on Milwaukee

Marcus Center Decision Delayed A Month

Proposal to remove four trees from Kiley grove creates more questions than answers.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Marcus Center at a Crossroads
Eyes on Milwaukee

Marcus Center at a Crossroads

Are upgrades to the Marcus Center and changes to the Kiley grove necessary?

Eyes on Milwaukee: The Marcus Center is Historic. For Now
Eyes on Milwaukee

The Marcus Center is Historic. For Now

Commission grants temporary historic designation, though Marcus Center opposed it.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Is the Marcus Center a Historic Building?
Eyes on Milwaukee

Is the Marcus Center a Historic Building?

Two architects have nominated 1969 building for historic designation, which would slow redesign.

Marcus Center Designated Significant Threatened Cultural Landscape by National Organization
Press Release

Marcus Center Designated Significant Threatened Cultural Landscape by National Organization

Plans were unveiled that would radically alter the site that features landscape architecture by Dan Kiley.

Eyes on Milwaukee: See Concepts For Downtown Museum Campus
Eyes on Milwaukee

See Concepts For Downtown Museum Campus

UWM Studio envisions new future for Milwaukee Public Museum and Betty Brinn Children's Museum.

In Public: Northwestern Mutual Plaza Is a Triumph
In Public

Northwestern Mutual Plaza Is a Triumph

Gardens and landscaping for NM Tower and Commons create a strikingly urban campus.

UWM launches architectural photo exhibition with free talk, tours on Nov. 2
Press Release

UWM launches architectural photo exhibition with free talk, tours on Nov. 2

The symposium will begin with a tour of two public gardens designed by Dan Kiley.

10 Lessons From Chicago’s New Landscapes

10 Lessons From Chicago’s New Landscapes

Major landscape architecture projects have had huge impact. What can we learn?

In Public: Guided By the Light
In Public

Guided By the Light

Jim Shields’ iridescent addition to the Art Museum gets better the more you look at it.