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Articles tagged with 'downtown'

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Downtown summer trolleys begin Thursday

Published May 22, 2013

Downtown's summer trolley service, the Milwaukee Trolley Loop presented by VISIT Milwaukee, rolls out tomorrow with its "Hop `n Shop, Wine `n Dine" route.

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Let's put the "front" back in Front Street

Published May 16, 2013

For a variety of reasons, I've been thinking about Front Street, which now seems so ironically named, fronting as it does onto nothing and serving as the ultimate definition of a Milwaukee "backstreet." In my mind, I see something much different that can be seen on the block today.

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New Riverwalk art catches a question

Published April 26, 2013

Jeremy Shamrowicz from Flux Design has a new piece on the Milwaukee Riverwalk. It was just installed today. It seems to ask question. Maybe we should think inside the box.

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Forbes gives Milwaukee its due

Published April 17, 2013

Hey Milwaukee, are ya feeling the love? In case you haven't noticed, the city has been receiving plenty of praise in recent weeks from Forbes magazine, which named it "The Capital of Water" and one of the nation's "Emerging Downtowns."

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A sign of life for Grand Avenue?

Published April 10, 2013

I've said this before, but I like the Grand Avenue Mall. It's an easy lunch destination for Downtown workers, and it still has a lot of unrealized potential. It saddens me that most have written it off for dead, and I wish the City or the owners would provide a serious incentive for a few major anchor stores to come and stay for a while.

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Slice of Ice closing tonight

Published March 28, 2013

After getting a bit of an extension, the Slice of Ice in Red Arrow Park is closing for season tonight at 8 p.m.

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Forbes finds Milwaukee an "emerging Downtown"

Published March 25, 2013

Downtown Milwaukee is the economic, civic, cultural and entertainment heart of the state of Wisconsin. So, it's good news that today Forbes finds our Downtown as one of 15 "emerging downtowns" in the United States.

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Fashion's Night Out to merge with Gallery Night & Day for 2013

Published March 22, 2013

In February, Vogue and the CFDA declared FNO officially on hiatus for 2013, to give time for organizers and retailers to reevaluate the program. It was bad news for Milwaukee fashionistas, who turned out in droves for the first-ever FNO Milwaukee last Sept. 6.

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Northwestern Mutual chooses designer for new lakefront high-rise

Published Feb. 8, 2013

Northwestern Mutual announced the design team today that will create its new Downtown high-rise office. Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. will be the archietct of record while Connecticut architects Pickard Chilton will design the exterior of the building.

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One more chance for Grand Avenue?

Published Jan. 21, 2013

I almost can't believe I'm writing this, but I think major retailers should give one more shot at saving the Grand Avenue mall. Guess what: There are lots of people at the Grand Avenue mall. Not tons, like I remember it in the '80s, and they're not necessarily shopping at the pre-paid wireless stores or nail salons. They're eating lunch or meeting at the Stone Creek Coffee or working out at the YMCA or scouring T.J. Maxx for bargains.

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Rodizio Grill makes a good first impression

Published Jan. 12, 2013

Rodizio Grill opened last month at 777 N. Water St., and on Thursday I went there for lunch with the general manager, Marty Veidins, to find out just what was going on in the space previously occupied by Sabor.

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