Story and Photo by Janice Christensen
Rebecca Nole is your typical Riverwester, inasmuch as Riverwesters are not typical people.
She was born in the Bronx and grew up in New York City and went to Farello Laguardia High School For Arts And The Performaing Arts. If that sounds familiar to anyone, it’s the school where the movie “Fame” was set.
by Suzanne Zipperer photos are Aerial of site and rendering of proposed development
by Peggy Schulz
There’s a feeling in the air, and it has nothing to with meteorology. It might fall under the wide category of sociology or even anthropology.
It’s a sense of empowerment and a willingness to fight the status quo.
It’s a true reflection of the word “community,” which means, literally, “with union.”
by Suzanne Zipperer,
When you become an “elder” in your community, you begin to look around for those members of the next generation who share your values and who can take over some of the community efforts. Riverwest is lucky to be rich with enthusiastic young people who are socially progressive, understand the importance of community service, and bring talent and energy to Milwaukee.
by Sue Blaustein – Photo by Joshua Sutton
Denise Crumble has lived in Riverwest for thirty-two years, and she is not someone who drifts through life taking events as they come. Her decision to move to Riverwest in 1979 was a characteristically considered one, with the aim of living in concert with closely-held principles while meeting her needs as a single mother. She was a student at UWM majoring in secondary education, raising her daughter Fatima, and pregnant with her son Bakeer when she moved into a building at Booth and Burleigh.
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