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Now Serving: A City of Beer and Festivals
Now Serving

A City of Beer and Festivals

Beer festivals include Sprecher's 30th anniversary. And Water Street Brewery opens fourth location.

House Confidential: The Mansion That Moved
House Confidential

The Mansion That Moved

This 1890, $2 million Lake Drive mansion on the border of Shorewood once stood where Juneau Park is located. Blame it on the Socialists.

Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Lakefront, Late 1920s
Yesterday’s Milwaukee

Lakefront, Late 1920s

Before the War Memorial -- and before trees and vegetation -- the lakefront was a flat plain.

Plenty of Horne: Will Historic Building in Third Ward Be Saved?
Plenty of Horne

Will Historic Building in Third Ward Be Saved?

Third Ward review board defers decision on Historic Designation. And Milwaukee now has a Croatian sister city.

Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Solomon Juneau Statue, Late 1880s
Yesterday’s Milwaukee

Solomon Juneau Statue, Late 1880s

At the time it dominated the view, before changes in Juneau Park and on the lakefront.

Yesterday’s Milwaukee: Leif Erikson at the Lakefront, About 1910
Yesterday’s Milwaukee

Leif Erikson at the Lakefront, About 1910

Not long after Solomon Juneau's statue was erected, a knockoff of a Boston-made sculpture of Leif Erikson was erected in the lakefront park.

Milwaukee Architecture: How Art Deco Changed the City
Milwaukee Architecture

How Art Deco Changed the City

Even today, it remains the style that best epitomizes American urbanity.

Eyes on Milwaukee: The Dead Zones
Eyes on Milwaukee

The Dead Zones

Two new apartment buildings for Downtown's fringes, and two new coffee houses. All spell progress.

Power Play

Power Play

A city committee resists heavy lobbying and forestalls a special taxing district for Juneau Park and Cathedral Square.

Murphy’s Law: Rich Park, Poor Park
Murphy’s Law

Rich Park, Poor Park

Milwaukee County Parks is increasingly a two-tier system, with the worst maintained parks in poor areas.

Parks Plan Has Problems

Parks Plan Has Problems

Cathedral Square / Juneau Park plan created with little public discussion and no design competition.

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