The six blocks between these two streets exhibit a considerable variance in housing prices. There is, on average, a $10,000 to $20,000 greater price paid for homes on the east versus the west parts of the neighborhood.
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Go Fish
by Jeff Johnson, photo by Peter DiAntoni
A soft-spoken man with a plug of tobacco stuffed in his cheek, Acie White has the patient demeanor of a fisherman who has spent many pleasurable hours angling the banks of rivers and lakes.
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Valentine
Citizen Kane lay on his deathbed and uttered his last word, “Rosebud.”
This is an enigma to those who hear it. But the magic that is motion pictures reveals the longing for those joys of secure childhood play. A simple toy — a sled — is what this man of wealth and power remembers as he dies. And where did Citizen Kane go after he died?
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New Community Partner Helps Organize Riverwest
Here’s the drill. You get a knock at your door, and see a friendly, but unfamiliar face. He’s holding a brochure with information about the neighborhood and has a cell phone. The name behind the face is Mark McInerney, and he is not a salesman. The brochure he carries explains his role as the new Community Partner in Riverwest, and his phone and book of numbers are his tools.
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It’s Happening
The official buzz is in the streets. In mid-January Tom Daykin wrote a front page Sunday feature in the Journal Sentinel about Riverwest as an up-and-coming neighborhood. It will be interesting to see what and who we “draw” in the next couple of years. Will the changes be substantial and dramatic? Will we lose our diversity? Will old-timers feel pushed out by “outsiders?”
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