by Mary Wood Ohiku / photo by Tess Reiss
Scarvaci’s Florist and Gift Shop is hardly new to the Riverwest area. The business started back in 1949 and has been in the neighborhood ever since. First owned as a partnership between John Schiller and Mary Mueller-Scarvaci, the business opened its doors at 2669 N. Holton St.
by Eryn Moris MINUTES – Riverwest Neighborhood Association, April 8, 2003, 7 p.m. Present: Christine Grota Merkel, Don Warren, George Salvat, Michael Goodson, Jerry Patzwald, Marshall Nickleson, Tom Stocco, Carol Lord, Claudine Lienau, Vince Bushell, Denise Benoit, Mark McInerney, Russ Davis, Dan Walrath, Rosalind Rae Johnston, Lorraine Jacobs, Tom Nehrbass, Greg Shelko, Jeffrey Barke, Bob […]
Turning transformer boxes into public art – Biopak building proposals – Gentrification Position Paper debated and approved – RNA affiliates with Citizens Allied for Sane Highways (CASH) – Annual Spring Cleanup plans – RNA bylaws approved
by Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle
Driving down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive today, one encounters a world of contrast and contradictions. The neglected remnants of what used to be, next to glimmers of hope on the north end… the concentrated hustle and bustle at the intersection of North Avenue and King Drive… the economic promise arising from the south end.
The Victory over Violence Park and the colorful mural at Clarke Street, a powerful symbol that illustrates the dream of what the area could be.
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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