Mike D’Amato
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October 2003

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Riverwest hosts all-city gathering potluck – Common Council news – Empty Bowls Project, MATC – Progress on Baby Park Makeover – Greens Fundraiser – National Latino Heritage Month – La Escuela Fratney expansion/renovation – DNR festival – Johnson Controls tests Weil-Auer lot – Picture Milwaukee Places – Mandel adds path from North Ave to bike trail to RiverCrest condo plan – Progress on plans for Reservoir – River Revitalization Foundation, Mayor and MMSD secure land purchase for Beerline Bike Trail – Proposals for Post-Teledyne Building

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September 2003

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Aldermanic candidates – Riverwest Co-op Expansion – Center St. Daze – Flux Design – Baby Park renovation – Road Builders’ lobby – plans for Humboldt Bridge redecking – MPS makes cuts to driver ed

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D’Amato On Development: “Reknitting the Urban Fabric”

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by Sonya Jongsma Knauss / photos by Tess Reiss

D’Amato, a supporter of New Urbanism-style city planning, notes that problems can result if developers build without neighborhood or city input. On a driving tour of his district, he points out buildings, both good and bad, that have gone up under his tenure as alderman. Looking at a house on Warren Street with huge garage doors facing the street on the first floor, he says, “Buildings like this detract from the value of the neighborhood.”