Published Feb. 27, 2012
As the saying goes, there are eight million stories in the naked city. Milwaukee author Leah Dobkin tells some of them in her new book, "Soul of a Port," which aims to do more than simply offer a chronological history of this vital piece of Milwaukee.
Published Jan. 3, 2012
"Got a question. What does this city know about cars, huh? It's a beer town, right?"
Published Dec. 16, 2011
Earlier this year there was much debate on whether or not the Wisconsin Department of Transportation should consider redeveloping the Hoan Bridge to include a bicycle and pedestrian path while redecking the surface. After an extended feasibility study, which took into account cost, traffic impact, and engineering possibilities, WisDOT released news today that the project is dead.
Published Oct. 17, 2011
The days of waiting for a decision on whether or not to include a bicycle and pedestrian path on the Hoan Bridge are nearing an end. In an effort to display the inadequate connector between the north and south portions of the downtown Milwaukee Oak Leaf Trail, Senator Chris Larson and Representative John Richards invited members of the Department of Tranportation to meet with a group of cyclists at the Humboldt Park Pavilion.
Published Oct. 15, 2011
Maybe it is because the Brewers are playing the hated Cardinals, who some older fans still loathe because of the 1982 World Series; maybe it is because the window of having Prince Fielder in the lineup is closing rapidly; but as I drove home from the Milwaukee studios of Yahoo Sports Radio on Friday night I stumbled upon a group of fans gathering on the Hoan Bridge. As I got closer, I noticed they were all lining up to jump to their demise, doomed within their own baseball misery.
Unnamed sources say that the cash-strapped State of Wisconsin is considering selling the naming rights to its highway bridges to private companies as a way to raise money. The first bridge slated for renaming is the Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee with British Petroleum (BP) rumored to be the likely con...
If WisDOT were to build a building--similar to say Milwaukee's US Bank building--using the Hoan Bridge as a model, what would their building look like? Let's imagine a conversation with a spokesperson from WisDOT:How tall is your building? "Same as the US Bank tower, 42 stories.&...
WisDOT official defends spending $240 M to store snow on the Hoan by singing, ‘Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow.’The controversy erupted after a Milwaukee paper printed a story comparing the Golden Gate Bridge to the Hoan. The State, under mounting public pressure, is studying th...
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