Local business features.
by Kevin Flaherty / photograph by Peter DiAntoni
Xavier (“Xav”) Leplae opened his film and equipment rental store on Locust Street in the fall of 1998 after the film co-op associated with UWM’s Film Department folded. Listening to Leplae explain his motives, it’s clear his decision to open the store was less entrepreneurial than a desire to keep alive a creative, collaborative environment for film and video in Milwaukee.
by Kevin Flaherty, photos by Peter DiAntoni
When Sahnya Thom was in elementary school, her father insisted that his daughters take at least three months of self-defense classes. More than 21 years and countless hours of martial artistry later, her father’s well-meaning edict has become not only her paycheck: it’s become her lifestyle.
Matyas Building (Holton St.) Rehab – Busalacchi constructing storage lockers on old CMC railroad land (E. Chambers & Weil), much to the dismay of residents and Alderman D’Amato – John Goldstein, president of the Milwaukee County Labor Council, honored by MICAH. – Onopa kitchen plans
by Kevin Flaherty
Perhaps it is only fitting that Kellner Greenhouses, an oasis of green amidst an urban neighborhood, sits squarely in the Riverwest neighborhood at 3258 N. Humboldt Blvd. After all, Riverwest is a neighborhood of contrasts: luxury condos co-exist with urban poverty; bungalow and duplex residences abut gritty machine shops and heavy industry; and small retailers like the Riverwest Co-op and Kellner reside blocks from the corporate monoliths they compete with like Jewel-Osco and Wal-Mart.
by Jeff Johnson / Photos by Tess Reiss
Gleaming tile floors, plain white walls, green plants, fresh flowers, a whiff of incense, and a solemn statue of Buddha mingle with the rumble of cars, trucks, and buses on Locust Street. This is meditation, not on some mountain top, not out in the woods, but embedded in bustle at the center of the city. And indeed there is stillness.
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