We know that Patrick Cudahy was a savvy businessman when it came to meat packing - his very name conjures the scent of sizzling bacon - but the Irish immigrant was also a savvy real estate developer.
Like so many beautiful Milwaukee homes, the English Tudor gem at 2701 N. Lake Dr. - which is for sale - has had a number of interesting residents. You could become one of them.
The subway doesn't run 24 hours in Paris, but urban exploring in the Métro is nonetheless hazardous. Luckily for us, a group of intrepid urban explorers
Earlier this week CBS News featured 65-year-old Detroit-born artist Robert Wyland - who goes simply by Wyland - and his 100 'whaling wall' murals, which got us thinking about the one he painted in Milwaukee in 1997.
Downtown, Atlanta’s original street level isn’t where you think it is. In fact Underground Atlanta isn’t technically underground. Enter Jeff Morrison, a local architect and history buff who has spent the better part of a decade giving free tours and sharing the city’s hidden infrastructure secrets around Five Points and the Gulch.
The 1930s WPA-built Grand Hall at Hoyt Park is a fun and unique place to watch a game.
Depending on your age, you may or may not remember 4928 W. Vliet St. as O'Brien's Pub, which has occupied the place since July 1998. For many years, it was also home to the Golden Zither, one of Milwaukee's landmark German restaurants.
The visual pleasures of the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal are not ones I've had the fortune of seeing first-hand. But, man, if they're anything like Milwaukee's Tripoli Shrine Center, 3000 W. Wisconsin Ave., they're surely worth the trip.
The last to gasp in Milwaukee department stores was the closing of Boston Store, at the corner of Vel Phillips and Wisconsin Avenues, on Aug. 29, 2018, after nearly 125 years on the site. Now it's former home is being redeveloped.
WTMJ radio built Radio City, 720 E. Capitol Dr. in 1941. The WTMJ television station was launched in the building - which claims to be the first to be purpose-built as both a radio and television studio - in December 1947 and it is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary.
Urban Spelunking: Metropolitan Block
Whenever I visit Jones Island, I try to picture it in my mind the way it looks in those turn of the 20th century images. No surprise because I'm a schoolhouse geek, one of the most intriguing buildings for me is the old school
Though it's nowhere near as big as the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, The Hotel Retlaw towers over Fond du Lac's downtown just like the Hilton has long commanded respect on its own skyline, reminding us that Brew City hotelier Walter Schroeder left his mark on more than just his hometown. Now, it's getting its luster back.
I admit that I've had a love affair with the former Emanuel L. Philipp School, 4310 N. 16th St., since I first stepped inside it six years ago. In fact, I was charmed before I even crossed the threshold, in part by the representations of fauna that adorn the entrance.
In recent months I've been sharing images, courtesy of the Dahlman Construction Company, showing the construction progress of familiar Milwaukee buildings. Here is a sampling of images of other projects that Dahlman built over the years, with more to come in the future.
Kansas City is rich in vintage hotel buildings. But right in the middle of them all sits the 1915 Muehlebach, now part of the Marriott Kansas City Downtown hotel complex.
Call it the Lafayette Riviera perhaps, that row of gorgeous homes - all designed by well-known Milwaukee architects - at the top of Lafayette Hill, with their stunning views. We took a look at the history of one of them.
Sometimes all it takes is a passing reference - a little tidbit - to crack open a bigger story. When I mentioned John Hausch's early 20th century tavern in Tosa Village in my Colonel Hart's story, my friend Joe Hausch contacted me to say thanks for mentioning his grandpa's tap. Then, the history emerged.
Some things just seem like they'll be around forever. Joe Ley Antiques, located in an 1890 schoolhouse at 615 E. Market St., in the Nulu section of Louisville, is one of them. But times are changing, and so is this city retail landmark.
Today we go inside the oldest surviving Milwaukee house: Benjamin Church House, begun in 1843 on 4th and Court Streets.
Here's a look at the early days of the MATC building in the 1920s, as well as later photos showing buildings that would soon disappear from the landscape, including a natatorium.
While there are a number of landmark Milwaukee restaurants, there is perhaps no restaurant that says "Brew City" more than Mader's, 1041 N. Old World 3rd St.
From toilet and sink storage to temperature and humidity controlled storage for artwork that's so secure it's TSA-approved ... that's Guardian Fine Art Services, located in a 1924 building in the Menomonee Valley.
This year Ristorante Bartolotta, 7616 W. State St. in the heart of Wauwatosa Village, celebrates its 25th anniversary. But the building and site it occupies have a history that goes much farther back in time.
In recent months I've been sharing images, courtesy of the Dahlman Construction Company, showing the construction progress of familiar Milwaukee buildings. Here is a sampling of images of other projects that Dahlman built over the years, with more to come in the future.
As lake levels reach new heights beaches have been swallowed up, while at the same time the lake has hurled onto the land evidence of the material that created that very land. That started me wondering.
Kansas City is rich in vintage hotel buildings. But right in the middle of them all sits the 1915 Muehlebach, now part of the Marriott Kansas City Downtown hotel complex.
A series of construction photos reminds us of the short life of the Telenews/Esquire Theater on West Wisconsin Avenue.
St. Martini Lutheran Church and School continues to serve as a vibrant landmark in the heart of a Milwaukee immigrant community.
Earlier this week CBS News featured 65-year-old Detroit-born artist Robert Wyland - who goes simply by Wyland - and his 100 'whaling wall' murals, which got us thinking about the one he painted in Milwaukee in 1997.
Kansas City is rich in vintage hotel buildings. But right in the middle of them all sits the 1915 Muehlebach, now part of the Marriott Kansas City Downtown hotel complex.
Milwaukee was once chock full of hotels of all kinds, from the elegant to the workaday, aimed at travelers and at long-term residents. The 101-year-old Astor Hotel is one of just a few survivors.
The Henry Koch-designed Church of the Gesu, which opened in 1894, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, so we went over to get a little tour.
So much of why we love a bar is because of its location, its atmosphere, its history. That being the case, Best Place - located in the former Pabst Brewery - just might be my new favorite bar.
Some things just seem like they'll be around forever. Joe Ley Antiques, located in an 1890 schoolhouse at 615 E. Market St., in the Nulu section of Louisville, is one of them. But times are changing, and so is this city retail landmark.
We know that Patrick Cudahy was a savvy businessman when it came to meat packing - his very name conjures the scent of sizzling bacon - but the Irish immigrant was also a savvy real estate developer.
This year Ristorante Bartolotta, 7616 W. State St. in the heart of Wauwatosa Village, celebrates its 25th anniversary. But the building and site it occupies have a history that goes much farther back in time.
Urban spelunking: See Schuster's flagship building before it's covered again
With 74 condo units, the Wisconsin Tower, 606 W. Wisconsin Ave., is part of the movement to bring more residents to Downtown, but long before folks moved their TVs and bedroom sets in to this former commercial building in 2006, the 22-story building had a vibrant life.
Police call boxes that once stood sentinel on street corners all across Milwaukee have been such a part of the landscape for so long that many people don't even notice them. But they are a treasure, reminding us of the continuity of city life here and of a time when we wanted things to not only work well but to look good.
There are few more iconic images in Milwaukee than the Pabst sign that spans Juneau Avenue at 10th Street, connecting the old malt house on the southwest corner with the former brewhouse on the northwest corner. We went up there to see it close up.
The Bogk house on the East Side is Frank Lloyd Wright's most important work here. But the Milwaukee area is also home to what I call the "baby Bogks," which are not Wright houses, but home designeds by Wright's right-hand man Russell Barr Williamson.
