While beer made the Brew City famous, the literal foundation of those breweries and many historic buildings was much more solid: Cream City Bricks. It’s easy to find these warmly-colored building blocksRead More…
The city of Milwaukee owes the owner of a non-existent downtown strip club nearly $1,000,000. I’ll let that sink in for a second. Whaaaaat? Jon Ferraro is the owner of Silk Exotic,Read More…
As part of the entertainment during the short-lived Milwaukee summers, many parks and places show a plethora of free films outdoors to thousands of people ranging from kids’ affairs to adult-only showings to bike-inRead More…
I’ve written about Milwaukee’s oft-maligned city flag before, but here it is again in all its kindergarten-clutter glory: Many Milwaukeeans don’t even know we have a flag, as it’s flown in fewRead More…
A block or so from the mysterious old building we featured in a previous article, lies another historical curiosity. It’s easily spotted as you exit I-794 at Jackson/Van Buren (due to constructionRead More…