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The Houses of Riverwest
The Houses of Riverwest
The Octagon House
This is the second of seven stories spotlighting historic Riverwest houses. Riverwest will be the featured neighborhood for Historic Milwaukee’s “Spaces and Traces” tour in May, 2011.
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Floods, Riverlands and Trail Building
by Vince Bushell, photos by Ellie Kirkwood
It was the wettest July on record in Milwaukee (over 10 inches officially). Over half the rain that fell in most areas fell on Thursday July 22. Much of this deluge fell within an hour. With the ground saturated from the storm just a week before, the runoff and flooding was dramatic.
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Wheelhouse Press Conference
Melanec’s Wheelhouse Site Will Be New River Greenway Area Park
by Kimberly A. Gleffe Executive Director, River Revitalization Foundation
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Grassroots Protection – Our Milwaukee River
One hundred years ago our Milwaukee River was a recreation destination – complete with swimming beaches, water slides, ice hockey in the winter, and summer cruises upstream to beer gardens and amusement parks. Fifty years ago the same river was an economic engine for the region, a commodity producer for the world, and a dammed up cesspool devoid of fish and swimmers.
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