He’s done it again. Photographer John Ruebartsch helped create another children’s picture book, Grandpa’s Treasure, this one about farms. Ruebartsch worked with writer Rhonda Telfer on the project.
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Brophy Declares Bankruptcy
Two years ago, landlord Tim Brophy hid under one of his tenant’s beds, hoping the police wouldn’t find him. They did. The city was after him then — and still — because of unpaid property taxes and outstanding fines relating to code violations on his vast collection of rental units in Riverwest, Harambee, Brewers Hill, and the East Side, which during its peak included more than 100 properties.
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20 Years of Lakefront
RIVERWEST has found another excuse to raise a glass of its self-titled beverage. This year is the 20th anniversary of the beer that made a neighborhood famous: Riverwest Stein. Towards the end of 1987, commercial production began at the Lakefront Brewery, an operation that Ann Pogorelc of Tony’s Tavern in Walker’s point still refers to as “the Klisch boys from Riverwest.”
The Klisch boys are the brothers Jim and Russ, a cop and a chemist, both born and raised in Brown Deer, who found themselves as young adults sharing a house at 2951 Bremen Street in the early 80s.
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The Changing Face Of Brady Street
by Tim Lambrecht In recent months Brady Street has witnessed a number of changes in its storefront businesses. Some of the stores have closed altogether while others have moved. Grava Gallery, Three Graces and Metropawlis have all relocated their businesses to the revitalized Third Ward. Oxford Glass and Dykeman Heating and Air Condition are moving […]
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Remembering the Roots of Locust Street Festival: Boulevard Killed! Locust Street Lives!
On June 11, Locust Street Festival turns 30 years old, making it one of the longest running neighborhood festivals in the city. The festivities started as a celebration of neighborhood triumph. City engineers had a plan to widen Locust Street into a Boulevard, bulldozing fifteen businesses and displacing over fifty families and individuals. In anticipation […]
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