September 9, 2010

I LOVE MKE: Brady Street--Come Walk with Me

I LOVE MKE: Brady Street--Come Walk with Me: "I welcomed the opportunity to volunteer with a thriving non-profit about a year ago that is dedicated to increasing the awareness of Milwauk..."

September 7, 2010

Buildings we'd like to see in Doors Open Milwaukee

The focus of Doors Open Milwaukee (DOM) will be on downtown Milwaukee and some of its adjacent areas including the Historic Third Ward and Yankee Hill.  On that last weekend of September of next year HMI hopes to open up to a hundred buildings providing backstage access to areas of buildings usually not accessible to the public. Here's a list of buildings we're trying to include.
 (If you know of a building owner or organization in a building that would qualify as one of historic, architectural or cultural significance and you think that we should contact them, please let us know about it at doorsopen@historicmilwaukee.org . )

YANKEE HILL                                                                                                                                            


1. Wells Building (324 E. Wisconsin
2. Pfister Hotel
3. The Milwaukee Club
4. Northern Trust. (526 E. Wisconsin)
5. Milwaukee Gas Light Co. (626 E. Wisconsin)
6. Northwestern Life Insurance
7. Cudahy Tower
8. University Club
9. Button Residence (1024 E. State)10. Peck Residence (1105 N. Waverly Place)
11. George Miller Residence (1060 E. Juneau)
12. Knickerbocker Hotel
13. Astor Hotel
14. Elsa’s on the Park
15. Isley Residence (1037 N. Astor)
16. Immanuel Presbyterian Church (1100 N. Astor)
17. All Saints Episcopal Church (828 E Juneau)
18. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (914 E. Knapp)
19. Woman’s Club of Wisconsin (813 E. Kilbourn)
20. Dietrich Inbusch Residence (1135 N. Cass)
21. Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center (790 N. Van Buren)
22. Francis McGovern House (718 E. Wells)
23. Cathedral Square (old Courthouse Square)
24. St. John’s Cathedral
25. Watts Building (761 N. Jefferson)
26. Matthew Keenan Residence (777 N. Jefferson)
27. Hotel Metro (411 E. Mason)
28. Milwaukee Athletic Club
29. MSOE (variety of buildings)
30. Grohmann Museum
31. Blatz condominiums (270 E. Highland)
32. Val Blatz Brewing Co. Office Building (1120 N. Broadway)
33. German English Academy (1020 N. Broadway)
34. Grace Lutheran Church (1209 N. Broadway)
35. Old St. Mary’s
36. Federal Immigration and Detention Center
37. Wisconsin Telephone Building (722 N Broadway)
38. Cherry Street Bridge Houses
39. Edison Street Condos
40. Abbot Row (1019-1043 E. Ogden)
41. Summerfield United Methodist Church (728 E. Juneau)
42. First Unitarian Church (1009 E. Ogden)
43. Lincoln Middle School of the Arts
44. County Clare (1234 N. Astor)
45. Karl Ratszch’s Restaurant
46. Jason Downer Residence (1201 N. Prospect)
47. White Manor Apartments (1228-36 E. Juneau)
48. Francis Hinton Residence (1229-31 N. Prospect)
49. 1260 N. Prospect Apartments
50. University Club Condominiums
51. Kilbourn Tower Condominiums
51a. City Green Condominiums
51b. Jewish Museum Milwaukee (1360 N. Prospect)
51c. Exton Apartments

JUNEAUTOWN


52. City Hall
53. Pabst Theater
54. Milwaukee Press Club bar
55. Milwaukee Center
56. Powerhouse Theater
57. Marcus Center for Performing Arts
58. First National Bank Building (735 N. Water)
59. M & I Bank (old building) (721 N. Water)
60. 100 East Wisconsin
60a. 1000 N. Water
60b. Colby Abbot Building


HISTORIC THIRD WARD

61. Chase Bank (old Marine Plaza Bank)
62. Iron Block Building
63. Mitchell Building
64. Mackie Building (Grain Exchange)
65. Loyalty Building
66. Railway Exchange Building
67. Federal Building
68. US Bank Building
69. Milwaukee Art Museum
70. Johnson Controls Building (507 E. Michigan)
71. Eisner Museum
72. MIAD (273 E. Erie)
73. Public Market
74. Broadway Theatre (342 N. Water)
75. Italian Community Center
76. Discovery World
77. Milwaukee Ale House
78. Riverwalk
79. Marine Terminal Lofts (311 E. Erie)
79a, Betty Brin Museum
79b. Marshall Building (207 E. Buffalo)
79c. Maier Festival Grounds
79d. McGeogh Building


KILBOURNTOWN


80. Gimbels Department Store (ASQ Building)
81. Plankinton Arcade
82. Hotel Wisconsin (720 N. 3)
83. Hilton Hotel
84. Intermodal Station
85. Midwest Convention Center)
86. Wisconsin Tower Building (606 W Wisconsin)
87. Milwaukee Public Library
88. Milwaukee Public Museum
89. St. James Episcopal Church (833 W. Wisconsin)
90. Wisconsin Club
91. Calvary Presbyterian Church (935 W. Wisconsin)
92. Public Service Building (231 W. Michigan)
93. Pritzlaff Hardware (305 N. Plankinton)
94. Germaina Building (135 W. Wells)
95. Mader’s Restaurant
96. Usingers
97. Syndey HiH
98. Milwaukee County Historical Society
99. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Building
100. Steinmeyer Building (1050 N. 3rd)
101. Turner Hall (1034 N. 4th)
102. Riverside Theater
103. Schlitz Brewing Co.
104. Manpower
105. Golda Meir School (1542 N. 4th)
106. Milwaukee Theater
107. Bradley Center
108. MATC
109. Milwaukee County Courthouse
110. Pabst Brewing Company
111. Trinity Lutheran Church (1046 N. 9th)
112. Marquette University (new law school, Raynor library?)
113. Joan of Arc Chapel
114. Gesu Church
115. Pabst Mansion
116. Potawatomi Casino
117. Harley Davidson Museum
118. St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church
119. WISN-TV
120. U.S. Cellular Arena
121. Shops at Grand Avenue
122. Matthews Building
123. Aurora Mount Sinai Hospital
124. Milwaukee Center – Hotel Intercontinental
125. Aloft Hotel