Content referencing Increase Lapham
Ghosts of Milwaukee’s Past
A walk through Forest Home Cemetery is a peaceful encounter with countless famous names.
May 13th, 2023 by Cari Taylor-Carlson
New Museum Gallery An Immersive Milwaukee Streetscape
Milwaukee Revealed offers immersive streetscape resembling Streets of Old Milwaukee.
Apr 14th, 2023 by Graham Kilmer
Wisconsin Center Accused of Censorship
Eliminating literary art installation in preparation for Republican National Convention?
Apr 11th, 2023 by Bruce Murphy
Writers Decry Wisconsin Center District CEO’s Imminent Cultural Erasure
Apr 10th, 2023 by Press Release
Save the Kletzsch Park Trees!
The county wants to destroy 10 majestic oak trees for a fish passage. Surely there's a better way.
Apr 19th, 2019 by Martha Bergland
Commerce Street Arose From a Canal
Planned to reach Mississippi River, it never even got to North Avenue.
Feb 11th, 2019 by Carl Baehr
Runaway Horses Plagued Vliet Street
Killing and injuring many in the 19th century. Then the streetcar arrived.
Jan 24th, 2017 by Carl Baehr
Milwaukee River Dam, 1850s
The dam was built to help create the proposed canal connecting city to the Mississippi.
Aug 15th, 2016 by Jeff Beutner
Greenfield Ave and Bias Against Poles
It was the northern border of city’s Polish community, which suffered horrible prejudice.
Aug 11th, 2016 by Carl Baehr
The Curious History of Franklin Place
Who is it really named after? And why the statue of a Scottish poet in a German city?
Feb 19th, 2016 by Carl Baehr
Increase Lapham On The Case
Milwaukee's pioneer scientist was with famed photographer H.H. Bennett inspecting rock formations in the Dells in 1869.
Jun 8th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
