What is a kid to do in Riverwest this summer? Actually, there are quite a few activities to choose from, whether it’s enjoying the Splash Pad at Gordon Park, playing in playgrounds sprinkled throughout the neighborhood, or participating in more structured summer camps and events.
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Posted inFurther Down Stream
May 2003
Gordon Knoll Condos – Busalacchi condo project – Beerline Bike Trail – RNA and Park East development – Vital Source and Danceworks – Riverwest Directory – Landlord Training Program – Bonnie Bruch receives Professional Fair Housing Award – new UEC complex groundbreaking – Krulos’ comics at Onopa – Propert Tax increases – Summer of Peace Youth Rally – Juana G. Vega Cinco de Mayo celebration – Locust Street Festival Beer Run – Good Greens – Gardeners Market – Riverwest Forum
Posted inCommentary & Opinion
Suicide and War
[quote]Once the poets resounded over the battlefield; what voice can outshout the rattle of this metallic age that is struggling on toward its careening future? And indeed it hardly requires the call, its own battle-din roars into song. But so far no-one has succeeded in singing an epic of peace. What is it about peace, […]
Posted inColumns
Group Efforts
Recently in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel there was a lengthy article about Milwaukee’s collaborative visual arts groups. In part, this article was a response to a Jan. 19 article in the New York Times, “Doing Their Own Thing,” which identified Milwaukee as one city where artists made their own art scene through collaborative efforts.
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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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