by Sarah Moore Hurray! Its April! Spring is here, and were heading into our sixth season since the Greenfolks Garden was started by a small group of neighbors in 2001. The intention then was to develop a space in Riverwest where residents could cooperatively plant, grow and harvest delicious vegetables and beautiful flowers. Every year […]
2006
UWM Dorm Project – Public Meeting – Thursday, April 13
by Janice Christensen UWM plans to build student housing just north of North Avenue in Riverwest. A multi-story building is planned with beds for 470 students. Construction would begin this summer if plans are approved. The building would be constructed in the area outlined by the green dots in the photo. The red outline indicates […]
Sex Sells Part II
by Jean Scherwenka, photo by Kurt Johnson Exactly a year ago, the March 2005 issue of the Riverwest Currents carried an article featuring a lovely and elegant addition to the Center Street business district the Tool Shed, owned and operated by Riverwesters Eilis OHerlihy and Molly Cassidy. Before the sex shop for women opened, […]
Open Space and Green Space
by Vince Bushell The photo below shows a section of the Beer Line rail corridor that has been used as a defacto trail by the neighborhood ever since the rail line went out of business in the 1980s. There is intense interest in developing the river corridor by residential and commercial developers. Riverwest has had […]
The Life Of A Riverwest Actor
Story and photo by Tim Lambrecht Four years ago, Kirk Thomsen found himself in his mid-thirties, not really doing what he wanted with his life, so he decided to make some changes. While driving down Kinnickinnic Avenue in Bay View, he saw The Boulevard Theatre. I was working for a printing company at the time. […]
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