By Jackie Reid Dettloff, photos by Tess Reiss There is a politics to gardening. Burned in my memory is an encounter I once had with a baby-boomer white guy who saw me working in a garden on Buffum Street. He wore a Grateful Dead tee shirt and a pair of jeans and he introduced himself […]
2006
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Soil Removal to begin July 10 in Garden Park Locust & Bremen: Commentary
Vince Bushell From destruction will this lot arise anew? Again. The Pulaski building, once home to a movie theater, a grocery turned Gordon Park Co-op, one of the Outpost Co-op iterations, and a couple of basement bars was the site of a failed renewal project in the late 80s. It was finally torn down in […]
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More On Shorewoods Redevelopment Plans Along the River
Cherish the land that no one owns. Li Po, 750 CE by Jean Scherwenka,photos Kurt Johnson Since the article in the November 2005 Currents about Milwaukee PCs Jim Petr clear-cutting the east bank of the Milwaukee River, heres what has happened: The Village of Shorewood hired the Lakota Group, an urban planning firm, to draw […]
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Meet The New Community Outreach Worker
by Emily DeLeo The partners of the Riverwest Health Initiative have always felt strongly that meeting neighbors face-to-face is important. Thats why we are out in the neighborhood on a regular basis; participating in community events, attending meetings and even knocking on your door. We have a new Community Outreach Worker who may be on […]
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The Changing Face Of Brady Street
by Tim Lambrecht In recent months Brady Street has witnessed a number of changes in its storefront businesses. Some of the stores have closed altogether while others have moved. Grava Gallery, Three Graces and Metropawlis have all relocated their businesses to the revitalized Third Ward. Oxford Glass and Dykeman Heating and Air Condition are moving […]
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