Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and 9th District Ald. Larresa Taylor will take part in a Town Hall and Q&A discussion on the future of the old Northridge Mall site on Monday, Aug. 5, at 5:30 p.m.
The public meeting will be held in the auditorium at Vincent High School, 7501 N. Granville Rd., and will also include representatives from the Department of City Development, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee Fire Department, Department of Neighborhood Services and demolition contractor Veit & Co.
The goal of the Town Hall is to share updates about the status of the former mall – which closed in 2003 – the upcoming planning process and a timeline for the demolition of the remaining portions of the mall.
Community members will be able to share their input on future plans at the event. You can also share you ideas at any time on the Engage Milwaukee website.
You can also find more information on the Northridge Mall site and its future at milwaukee.gov/granvillestation.
See recent photos inside the former mall and read about its history in this Urban Spelunking story.
You can see how the interior looked in 2012 in this article.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
