On December 21 the Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously to pass the East Village Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Zone. The zoning change will take effect April 15, 2005.
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Darling Hall
Darling was comfortably full that evening. There was a table filled with cupcakes. It was a party after all.
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Holmes School Now Offers K-8
Oliver Wendell Homes School, 2463 N. Buffum St., has made several changes to its programming since the Neighborhood Schools Initiative began in 2000. Although the school was not one of the overcrowded area schools that benefited from facility additions, other parts of the plan have affected it.
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Katy Van Dunk
Katy Van Dunk has lived in Riverwest almost her entire life, but that’s doesn’t mean she has been a Riverwester for 50 years. In fact, she’s lived in the neighborhood for nearly 14 years, and as a young resident, she’s got some insights to share.
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A Way With Words
by Mary Vuk In 1979, Anne Kingsbury and Karl Gartung bought a run-down building at 720 East Locust Street. After much cleaning, repair and tender loving care, Woodland Pattern Book Center officially opened its doors in 1980. “It took three days just to wash one of the ceilings,” said Anne Kingsbury, now Executive Director of […]