History of Milwaukee, City and County
Author : William George Bruce
Publisher :
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 19,67 MB
Release : 1922
Category : History
ISBN :
Milwaukee County Zoo
Author : Darlene Winter, Elizabeth Frank, and Mary Kazmierczak
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 15,12 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1467112038
Book Description
From the inception of the Milwaukee County Zoo at West Park in 1892, the citizens of Milwaukee have worked diligently to make it one of the finest zoos in the country. Their tireless effort and faith were rewarded. The zoo experienced many firsts, including the first polar bear born in captivity in North America, and was home to Samson, one of the largest gorillas in captivity. Throughout its history, the zoo also gained fame for innovative exhibit design. The zoo has flourished through the cooperation of Milwaukee County and the Zoological Society of Milwaukee. This public-private relationship has existed successfully since 1910.
Milwaukee Streets
Author : Carl Baehr
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 32,50 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
"Milwaukee's eight hundred street names offer fascinating glimpses into the city's rich heritage; from French fur traders to Yankee speculators, from wealthy German tycoons of the Gay Nineties to African American leaders of the 20th century. In this unique book you can read about Tom Mason, who started a war that gave the Upper Peninsula to Michigan; the bitter six-year religious controversy sparked by the naming of Santa Monica Boulevard; "Uncle Jerry" Rusk, the man who gave the order that caused the "Bay View Massacre;" Willaim Merrill's ill-fated diamond mind in Waukesha County!
Building Milwaukee City Hall
Author : Dennis Pajot
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 32,27 MB
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 0786473479
Book Description
Milwaukee's City Hall on East Wells and North Water streets is a landmark. Not only officially, but as part of Milwaukee's identity, from the city's flag to the Laverne and Shirley sit-com in the 1970s. The site for this familiar building was not easily chosen. The final location was not the first choice for most of Milwaukee's movers and shakers, and after it was finally settled upon, the difficulties only became bigger. Battles over designs and the bidding process became politically heated and personal in nature. Cost overruns in the construction, although common at the time, grew to gigantic proportions. The completed building was, however, structurally sound and pleasing to the eye. Still standing 115 years later, it is a monument to the Milwaukee government officials, architect and builder.
Meet Me Halfway
Author : Jennifer Morales
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 17,85 MB
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0299303640
Book Description
Even the most ordinary moments are infused with an awareness of the lost past and a kind of prescience of the future. From one setting to another, these poems give voice to the human longing for permanence, home and connection in the face of a constantly changing reality.
The Making of Milwaukee
Author : John Gurda
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Milwaukee (Wis.)
ISBN : 9780938076148
Book Description
"The Making of Milwaukee chronicles the history of a hometown metropolis, a community whose past has produced one of the most livable big cities in America and, at the same time, created some daunting social and economic problems. John Gurda's book is the first full-length history of Milwaukee to appear since 1948."--BOOK JACKET.
Bootstrap New Urbanism
Author : Joseph A. Rodriguez
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 15,83 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0739186132
Book Description
Joseph A. Rodriguez critically examines the urban design and revitalization initiatives undertaken by both the government and the people of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the 1990s, New Urbanists followed a city tradition of using urban design to solve problems while seeking to elevate the city’s national reputation and status. While New Urbanism was not the only design element undertaken to further Milwaukee’s redevelopment, the elite focus on New Urbanism reflected an attempt to fashion a self-help narrative for the revitalization of the city. This approach linked New Urbanist design to the strengthening of grassroots community organizing and volunteerism to solve urban problems. Bootstrap New Urbanism: Design, Race, and Redevelopment in Milwaukee uncovers a practice with implications for urban history, architectural history, planning history, environmental design, ethnic studies, and urban politics.
Milwaukee at Mid-Century
Author : Lyle Oberwise
Publisher :
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 11,11 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
From the 1930s through the 1980s, a shy and somewhat reclusive amateur photographer named Lyle Oberwise devoted much of his spare time to documenting his adopted hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over a period of nearly fifty years, Oberwise amassed a collection of 43,000 color slides depicting the city's architecture and its people, as well as their daily lives and celebrations. The Milwaukee County Historical Society created this selection of 150 carefully chosen images to bring his work to life.
Milwaukee
Author : John Gurda
Publisher :
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 9780692451892
Book Description
Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods is the most comprehensive account of grassroots Milwaukee ever published. Based on the popular series of posters published by the City of Milwaukee in the 1980s, the book features both historical chronicles and contemporary portraits of 37 neighborhoods that emerged before World War II, an ensemble that defines the city of Milwaukee. Richly illustrated, engagingly written and organized for maximum ease of use, the book is a fine-grained introduction to the community.
Mud
Author : Mary Lyn Ray
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,64 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Mud
ISBN : 9780756965587
Book Description
As winter melts into spring, the frozen earth turns into magnificent mud.
