An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
As urban writers becoming urban written-abouts, reaching the other side of the screen has to be kind of nice for Dave Reid and Jeramey Jannene, sometimes. Urban Milwaukee, an online publication covering urban development and politics, solidifies its place in the Milwaukee landscape when the doors of its bricks and mortar outlet open this coming... Continue Reading →
Local Trolley keeps rolling along into its second year, it's Local Trolley's One Year Anniversary! Kicking out a post a week was a good start, 2012 will brings big plans... the first, Local Trolley dropped the wordpress domain and know its plain old local trolley.com. You exited? You should be! I am! Volume 3 just... Continue Reading →
They used to fix cars in there. Today the bay doors decorate the sitting area of Sherman Perk , still functional, a prime example of urban adaptive reuse of real estate. Sitting on the base of the triangle formed by Roosevelt, Keefe Avenue, and 51st Street if there was a Gold Coast within any neighborhood,... Continue Reading →
Glancing out the window while commuting down 35th Street, in the 30th Street Industrial Corridor, you might imagine yourself a red blood cell floating through plaque crusted arteries. The decay of weathered brick one-story machine shops, once churning with activity, appear largely abandoned and vacant. Some shops are now schools or churches, some shops maintained... Continue Reading →
Undulating in a permanent resting positions, Bernard Roberts' globular forms spread out then consolidate, wagering sharp edges against the pedestals supporting them. The metallic surfaces blend shades of earth metals with molecular tones of cobalt and hints of ferrous. Evidently abstract, the personalities of Roberts' sculpture works fluctuate dynamically, and constantly while viewing them. Back... Continue Reading →
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