For the past several years, UW-Milwaukee has struggled to find housing and classroom space for its growing population. One solution is the Kenilworth building, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl., on the corner of N. Prospect and N. Farwell Avenues. Built in 1914, the former Ford assembly plant was later sold to the federal government, which leased it to defense contractors.
December 2004
Posted inNeighborhood News
Fed Approves Funds for Johnson Controls Site
The “largest vacant lot in Riverwest” is in the news again. On November 22, US Senator Herb Kohl announced approval of federal funding for three major environmental initiatives in Milwaukee. Included is $300,000 to help clean up the former Johnson Controls site south of the corner of Bremen and Concordia Streets, once occupied by a battery manufacturing plant.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Fourteen and Counting
It was cold and windy when Judith Hooks arrived at my home for dinner. The occasion was to celebrate her promotion as the person in charge of rentals at the Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Museums–a full-time position and a nice reward for part-timing these past few years. We wolfed down chicken breasts and green beans while toasting her rise with a 2003 Macon-Charnay. Beer didn’t seem quite right that night.
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A Family Memory The Best Home-Made Gift
Sometimes it’s easiest to just go to the mall, pick up a present, wrap it, put it under the tree and be done with it. But then again there are holiday gifts that can last much longer, be much more deeply appreciated …and all they take is the investment of time.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Middle School Students Help Stock Walleyes
On October 6, a team of Department of Natural Resources staff and local seventh grade students released about two thousand “extended growth” walleyes into the Milwaukee River near Lakefront Brewery.
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