Neighborhoods of Milwaukee

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This is a list of Neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Contents 1 Avenues West 2 Arlington Heights 3 Bay View 4 Beerline B 5 Brady Street 6 Brewers Hill 7 Bronzeville 8 Coldspring Park 9 Concordia 10 East Side 11 East Town 12 East Village 13 Granville 14 Grantosa Heights 15 Harambee 16 Havenwoods 17 Hillside/Lapham Park 18 Historic Mitchell Street 19 Holler Park 20 Jackson Park 21 Jacobus Park 22 Jones Island 23 Layton Park 24 Lincoln Village 25 Martin Drive 26 Menomonee River Valley 27 Merrill Park 28 Metcalfe Park 29 Midtown 30 Mount Mary 31 Park West 32 Piggsville 33 Riverwest 34 Sherman Park 35 Story Hill 36 Historic Third Ward 37 Tippecanoe 38 Town of Lake 39 University Hill 40 Uptown Crossing 41 Walker's Point 42 Walnut Hill 43 Washington Heights 44 Washington Park 45 Westown 46 References 47 External links

[edit] Avenues West

Avenues West is an area west of Milwaukee's downtown. It is bordered by I-43 on the east, 27th St. on the west, I-94 on the south, and on the north by Highland Avenue. While in the recent past this neighborhood has been one of low income levels and property values, it has seen signs of beginning redevelopment. ^[1] The most commonly cited example being the Ambassador Hotel that was until recently was closely linked with drug dealing and prostitution and has since been restored to an upscale establishment. Other notable places in the area include Marquette University, the Pabst Mansion, the Joseph B. Kalvelage House and the Rave/Eagles Ballroom. The western portion of the neighborhood along 27th Street has been recently dubbed SoHi(South of Highland) by the business owners to help jumpstart the area.^[2]

[edit] Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights is a neighborhood on Milwaukee's north side. It is bordered by I-43 on the east, 20th Street on the west, Capitol Drive on the north, and Keefe avenue on the south. It is home to Lindbergh Park, and elementary school, middle school, and a lutheran grade school. Arlington Heights is predominantly an African American neighborhood.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Bay View

Bay View is located on the southeast shore of the city of Milwaukee overlooking Lake Michigan. Bay View boundaries Becher Street to the north, Morgan Avenue to the south, and Sixth Street to the west. ^[3] Located about 3 miles (5 km) south of downtown on the lake, Bay View originally sprang up around the Milwaukee Iron Company rolling mill as a company town. It incorporated in 1879 (Milwaukee's first suburb) with 2,592 people and 892 acres (361 ha) of land; but by 1887 Bay View's 4,000 residents voted overwhelmingly to join the city of Milwaukee, mostly in order to get city services of which water was the most important. The former village became Milwaukee's 17th ward. It is best known to labor historians as the site of the 1886 Bay View Tragedy.

[edit] Beerline B

The Beerline B neighborhood is an area of primarily condo development along the north side of the Milwaukee River that has been developed after the removal of the Beerline B railroad spur that once provided service to Pabst, Blatz, and Schlitz breweries. The neighborhood is centered around Commerce Street, which was originally intended to be a canal to the Rock River owned by Byron Kilbourn. Today the neighborhood is home to Lakefront Brewery, Inc.. ^[4]

[edit] Brady Street

Brady Street is a neighborhood is filled with coffee houses, nightclubs, restaurants, vintage clothing, and thrift stores. Once the center of Milwaukee's hippie counterculture, gentrification forced most of its Bohemian population out, many going to Riverwest and Bayview.^{[citation needed]} However, this neighborhood still exhibits a strong independent flair, albeit an upscale one.

Brady Street runs from Prospect Avenue in the east to Van Buren in west where the street turns into Water Street, another popular club street. Brady Street is located in what was the heart of Milwaukee's Italian community. In the 1970s, the neighborhood Italians began to leave for the suburbs and to be replaced by hippies and other bohemians.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Brewers Hill

Brewers Hill is a small, diverse community north of downtown on the Milwaukee River. The name (formerly "Uihlein Hill") is derived from the large number of brewery workers (and owners) that once inhabited the area. Some of the factories are still intact; but most have been or are in the process of being converted into condominiums and apartments. The neighborhood is bordered by North Avenue to the north, Holton Ave to the east, the Milwaukee River and Pleasant Street on the south, and Martin Luther King Drive on the west. ^[5]

[edit] Bronzeville

Bronzeville was an African-American neighborhood that historically was situated between what is now the Harambee neighborhood and the North Division neighborhood. This district was formerly centered on Walnut Street until it was razed to make room for the US Interstate 43 and other arterial road expansions. Today there is a rebuilding and rebranding of the commercial area of nearby North Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive into "Bronzeville", including many new businesses and the Black Holocaust Museum.

[edit] Coldspring Park

Cold Spring Park is a small neighborhood near the Miller Brewing Company on the west side. Cold Spring Park has been around since the mid-1800s. It is named for a natural spring that was found in the northwest corner of the neighborhood (then bounded by 27th Street, 35th Street, West Juneau Avenue, and Vliet Street).

In 1852, Cold Spring Park was the site of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society fair and exhibition. During the Civil War, Cold Spring Park became Camp Washburn, housing the 2nd Cavalry, 30th Infantry, and the 39th Regiment. After the Civil War, Cold Spring Park once again became a race track. A race that was commemorated by Currier and Ives depicted an 1871 record breaking race by the mare Goldsmith Maid, with a time of 2 minutes and 17 seconds.

Adjacent to Cold Spring Park was the Cold Spring House, a hotel which housed visitors and drivers for the races. It was notorious for its gambling, cockfights, courtesans and dances. At the close of the 19th century, Milwaukee saw a population boom, prompting two new streets in Cold Spring Park; Highland Boulevard (1896) and McKinley Boulevard (1906).

Cold Spring Park initially drew German-American residents of the moderate to upper income scale. The upper end residing primarily on Highland and McKinley, while the middle to moderate income resided on Juneau and the numbered streets. Highland Blvd, Juneau Ave, and McKinley Blvd are designated as historical streets by the city of Milwaukee.

Today, Cold Spring Park is a vibrant, diverse neighborhood with neighbors working to preserve the past while investing in the future.

More inforation available from the [Cold Spring Park Neighborhood Association]http://www.cspna.org/.

[edit] Concordia

Historic Concordia is an area between 27th St, 35th St, Wisconsin Ave, and Highland Blvd. It is the home of both a local historic district and many national register historic properties. Notable homes include the 1850s Tower House and 1860s Col. Theodore Yates residence. Many private residences are opened to the public each year on the Saturday of Fathers Day weekend for a home tour by Historic Concordia Neighbors, Inc. ^[6] A neighborhood located on the near west side of Milwaukee; it once housed Concordia college. The college's former facilities now home to the Indian Community School. This neighborhood once housed families like the Pabsts, Harnischfegers, Gettlemans, and many others in large mansions. Many of these homes have been converted into bed and breakfasts.

[edit] East Side

East Side is a broad area that refers to anything east of the Milwaukee River, north of downtown, and south of the suburb of Shorewood. This area includes Brady Street, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, the lakefront, and the marina. The streets and buildings in this neighborhood range from towering, expensive high rises and condominiums along the lake to brownstones and walkups a few blocks inland to cheap duplexes near the river. An economically diverse group of people live in this neighborhood. Brady Street (from Prospect to Holton) and North Avenue (from Prospect to the Milwaukee River) both feature popular, pedestrian-friendly commercial strips of nightlife, restaurants, and shops intermingled with residences. Downer Avenue (from Bradford to Newberry) is a similar commercial strip but with fewer bars. Milwaukee County Transit System's bus routes 30 and 15 are the major North-South transit arteries for the neighborhood.

[edit] East Town

East Town is the portion of Milwaukee's central business district east of the Milwaukee River. It is bordered by Brady Street on the lower east side, the Third Ward on the south, and Lake Michigan on the east. This area contained the original Juneau Town settlement which competed with the neighboring Kilbourn Town (see Westown) for people and resources and has a remarkably different feel. East Town has dense, narrower streets and a more intimate feel, whereas Westown has broad, vast streets with older buildings. The strikingly modern skyscrapers of the Northwestern Mutual Life complex and Milwaukee's tallest building, the US Bank Center, as well as the city's four other tallest buildings, dominate the eastern portion of the neighborhood. Other noteworthy buildings include the Chase Bank building, the Faison building, and the Morgan Stanley building. Also, two large condominium developments, Kilbourn Tower and University Club tower, have been recently completed in the northern half of the neighborhood. Both buildings are over 32 stories tall and have multi-million dollar penthouse units. The neighborhood also contains the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and Old St. Mary's Church which have survived from the early days of Milwaukee. The East Town neighborhood association hosts Jazz in the Park, an outdoor music concert series at Cathedral Square Park.

[edit] East Village

The East Village is a term for the area on the east bank of the Milwaukee River north of Brady Street, from Humboldt Avenue east to Warren Avenue. ^[7] It includes Caesars Park and Pulaski Playground. The area was a traditional working-class neighborhood inhabited by Polish-Americans, including many Kaszubs; the architecture includes a number of Polish flats and other forms of modest housing. ^[8]

[edit] Granville

Granville is a historically working class neighborhood located on Milwaukee's far northwest side, featuring new subdivisions, industrial parks, and Granville Station, which was formerly the Northridge mall, having undergone extensive renovations and attracting new large-format tenants.

[edit] Grantosa Heights

Located between Granville and Wauwatosa, Grantosa Heights is a highly urban neighborhood with a diverse population. This is a lower middle class area with predominantly African-American and Laotian residents.^{[citation needed]} The neighborhood is named after Grantosa Avenue, which seems to be the border with Midtown. Much of the architecture consists of tract homes from the 1950s and 1960s. In recent years, this neighborhood has become home to many of the refugees that have fled Laos.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Harambee

Harambee is just north of downtown Milwaukee and is bounded by I-43 on the west, Locust St. to the north, Holton St. on the east, and the Milwaukee River to the south. Harambee includes the highest residential elevation in the city, a tall ridge running along 1st Street, that in the early twentieth century was built upon by the city's wealthy families.^{[citation needed]}

First settled by German-Americans, the area's west and central areas became the center of the City's African-American community. It has been impacted by redlining, slum clearance, the construction of the freeway through this community, and race riots in the late 1960s.^{[citation needed]}

As a lower to middle-class, predominantly African-American neighborhood, Harambee has seen an influx of residents to its south, along its border with Brewers' Hill while the northern end is also enjoying extensive residential rehabilitation through the partnership of the City with churches, private businesses, philanthropy, neighborhood groups, business improvement districts, non-profit community development corporations, and the police department.

Daniel Richards built a home in 1837 (2863 N. 1st Street) on 160 acres (65 ha) of land that ran from Richards Street west to between 5th and 6th and from Center Street north to Burleigh Street. Richards started Milwaukee's first newspaper and spent a lifetime tending to his garden on Hadley Hill.^{[citation needed]} Hadley Hill is located immediately north of Hadley Street between 2nd Street and Palmer and is the location of the highest natural point in the City. Hadley Hill still flourishes in the spring with thousands of perennials planted by Daniel Richards some 160 years ago.

[edit] Havenwoods

Havenwoods is a working class, mostly African-American neighborhood on Milwaukee's north side, centered near Silver Spring Drive and 60th Street. The neighborhood itself is moderately urban in character, with a mix of strip malls, older retail buildings, and townhouses. Within the neighborhood's boundaries lie Havenwoods State Forest and the US Army Reserve Center.

[edit] Hillside/Lapham Park

Hillside and Lapham Park lies north of Downtown from Metro Bvld on the south to Brown street on the north. It includes Carver Park that lies north of Lapham Park. It lies west from 6th street to east 12th street. It lies east of I43.

[edit] Historic Mitchell Street

Historic Mitchell Street is a street located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of downtown. The Mitchell Street neighborhood is the heart of a densely-populated, largely Hispanic area of Milwaukee's near south side. Most of the houses in the neighborhood are two- or three-story Polish flats, but this area also has a fair amount of five to six story brick walk-ups and apartment buildings. Mitchell Street itself is a popular and vibrant retail district that is only six blocks long.

[edit] Holler Park

Holler Park is a small neighborhood located on the far south side near Mitchell International Airport. It is located along 6th Street between Layton Avenue and Grange Avenue. This neighborhood is somewhat isolated from the rest of residential Milwaukee by an industrial park. The neighborhoods racial makeup is mostly white.

[edit] Jackson Park

Jackson Park is a neighborhood on the south side, located about 6 miles (10 km) south of downtown. Jackson Park's architecture consists largely of two-story wood frame houses that were constructed in the early 20th century. Jackson Park's makeup is mostly Caucasian, working middle class people: teachers, nurses, firefighters, police officers, government and blue collar workers. In recent years, it has also seen a growing number of Hispanic residents.

[edit] Jacobus Park

Jacobus Park is a neighborhood on the far west side of the city near the city limits of Wauwatosa. It is a moderately urban neighborhood, with brick bungalows and two story brick apartments being the main housing stock. The area's populace is mostly Caucasian and middle class.

[edit] Jones Island

Jones Island is a peninsula located located at the Milwaukee Harbor. It began as a fishing village populated by Polish settlers from the Kaszubes region in 1870 and now hosts much of the city's municipal services, including the Port of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

[edit] Layton Park

Layton Park is located on the city's near southwest side. The neighborhood is bordered by 35th Street in the west and by Historic Layton Boulevard to the east. Layton Park is today a diverse neighborhood with a large Hispanic population. The neighborhood was developed in the 1920s and comprises red brick bungalows and duplexes.

[edit] Lincoln Village

This neighborhood is located along Lincoln Avenue between 5th and 20th Streets on the south side. Lincoln Village has two national landmarks, the Basilica of St. Josaphat and the Forest Home Cemetery. In the early 20th century the area was home to a large Polish population. The neighborhood is currently experiencing a large influx of Hispanic immigration and is mostly Hispanic, with many coming from rural areas of Mexico and Los Angeles.^{[citation needed] [9]}

[edit] Martin Drive

The Martin Drive neighborhood is located on Milwaukee's west side. The neighborhood is across the Highland Avenue Viaduct from Miller Brewing and Harley Davidson. The neighborhood was built up in the 1920s and is home to several beautiful old apartment buildings. The neighborhood has retained its density and is still one of the safest neighborhoods in the city. Martin Drive is bordered by Martin Drive in the south, Highland Avenue in the east, Vliet Street in the north, and US 41 in the west. Milwaukee's Washington Park is located just north of the neighborhood. After several decades of stagnant growth the neighborhood is now seeing redevelopment with a few new businesses and building renovations.

[edit] Menomonee River Valley

The Menomonee Valley was once the industrial heart of the city of Milwaukee, employing thousands of people in heavy industry and railroading.

Despite decades of decline, the Valley is still home to several manufacturers, the Potawatomi Casino, and Miller Park, the home field of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Redevelopment in the Menomonee Valley has added thousands of jobs and transformed once-blighted former industrial land into parkland and community gathering space. In 2007, the Sierra Club recognized the Menomonee Valley as a national example of environmentally-friendly urban renewal.

The Menomonee Valley will also be home to the Harley Davidson Museum, set to open in 2008.

[edit] Merrill Park

Merrill Park is a small residential neighborhood east of Piggsville. Its traditional boundaries are 27th Street on the east, 35th Street on the west, Wisconsin Avenue on the north, and the Menomonee Valley on the south. Traditionally an Irish-American enclave, it is now an ethnically diverse neighborhood with African-American and Latinos comrising a significant percentage of the population. There is little in the way of commerce in Merrill Park, largely confined to the boundary streets, which are major arterials.

Merrill Park was the original site of Milwaukee's Irish community. Many Irish settled in Merrill Park along with the rest of the west side of Milwaukee. Today nearly all the Irish have left and the neighborhood is comprised of mostly African American and Hispanic residents. The southern portion of the neighborhood was demolished in the 1950s in order to build Interstate 94. The 1960s brought on several redevlopment projects including streetscaping, new homes, and a new public housing tower. Marquette University High School has stayed in the neighborhood and has invested heavily in improving its campus and the surrounding neighborhood.

For the first time in nearly forty years, the neighborhood is seeing major physical improvements. Several new homes have been built on former vacant lots. Several old homes have been purchased and renovated. Marquette University High School is undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation and construction project as well.

[edit] Metcalfe Park

Metcalfe Park is an area bordered by Burleigh Street on the north, North Avenue on the south, 20th Street on the east, and 35th Street on the west. Metcalfe Park is considered one of Milwaukee's most dangerous neighborhoods. ^[10] According to the U.S. Census, the poverty rate for the neighborhood and adjoining areas exceeds 60%. Much local media attention has been devoted to the problems in this area. The national media have also reported on Metcalfe Park, after a mob beating perpetrated by youths, some under 13 years old, left Charlie Young, Jr. dead. ^[11] Its reputation aside, Metcalfe park is making efforts to improve itself. New commercial and residential development has sprung up on North Avenue. The area, which is poor but still intact and populated, has many community groups to help improve the image and conditions in Metcalfe Park. ^[12]

[edit] Midtown

Once synonymous with crime and poverty, this neighborhood on Milwaukee's North Side is being improved through commercial redevelpoment and community programs and organizations such as "Project Respect". Midtown Centre, a newly developed shopping center, is considered the economic heart of the area, filling the void left by Capitol Court, which was shut down a few years ago.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Mount Mary

Mount Mary surrounds Mount Mary College. It is bordered by Concordia Ave. on the north, 89th St. on the east, Center St. on the south and Menomonee River Parkway on the west. ^[13]

[edit] Park West

Park West is a neighborhood located on the northwest side of Milwaukee. It is bordered by Burleigh Street on the north, Center Street and North Avenue on the south, 20th St on the east, and 27th Street and a railroad on the west.

[edit] Piggsville

Piggsville is a small residential enclave, four blocks by six blocks, at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley, south of Miller Brewing and the Wisconsin Avenue viaduct, and north of Interstate 94. Various theories have been proposed about its name, but none have been proven true. It is also known as Valley Park, and its neighborhood association is the Valley Park Civic Association. Most of its homes were built in the early 1900s. The area was annexed by the city of Milwaukee in 1925 after petition by its residents. Flooding has been a problem because of its river valley location, and a new concrete retaining wall was built in 2000.

[edit] Riverwest

Riverwest is a neighborhood located West of the Milwaukee River and East of Holton Street, near Milwaukee's East Side. Riverwest is noted for its racial and ethnic diversity including large numbers of African-Americans and growing Iranian, Russian, Asian and Hispanic populations as well as the large number of artists and musicians. Businesses like a grocery co-op, the Riverwest Currents newspaper, and cottage industries are often taken as an indicator of the neighborhood's "counter-culture" population but may also be seen as signs of "gentrification" or the resurgence of mostly white, middle-class residents who predominate in the Riverwest Neighborhood Association (RNA). After the 1990s and a long period of decline, Riverwest saw some new housing and commercial development and rising property values, but crime and the perception of it has been an abiding problem. Compared to the East Side, Riverwest features generally cheaper rents in its bungalows, duplexes, and "Polish flats". Noteworthy streets include Humboldt Boulevard, Center Street, Clarke Street, Holton Street and Locust Street (which connects Riverwest to the East Side and the UWM area via a bridge). The Riverwest Neighborhood Association is among the city's most active and organized neighborhood groups. The Riverwest Currents provides the area with its own monthly newspaper. The Riverwest Grocery Co-Op & Cafe and Riverwest Investment Cooperative are volunteer-driven, home-grown businesses. The Riverwest Neighborhood Network helps residents connect and share information online.^{[citation needed]} Riverwest has many of it's own festivals including Locust Street Days and Beer Run, Rockerbox (motorcycle & scooter rally), and Riverwest Art Walk -Wisconsin's largest walking tour of artists’ homes and studios, neighborhood galleries and various alternative spaces. It also has its own neighborhood history book, Riverwest: A Community History (COA 2003) by Tom Tolan.

[edit] Sherman Park

Sherman Park is a north side, middle class, very integrated neighborhood, that was once the heart of Milwaukee's Jewish population. Today, residents are a mix of Black, white, Latin, and Asian residents, and Sherman Park retains a small, close-knit, and growing group of Hasidic Orthodox Jews. The neighborhood comprises large Tudor and Georgian revival homes and tree lined streets.

[edit] Story Hill

Story Hill is a neighborhood located directly north of Miller Park on the west side of Milwaukee. The housing stock consists of ornate early 20th century houses, usually made of brick. The neighborhood itself lies on a hill just south of Wisconsin Avenue and is characterized by quiet, tree-lined streets and an isolated feel, in sharp contrast to the busier and more depressed neighborhoods that surround it.

The neighborhood was developed in the 1920s as a sanctuary for middle class Milwaukeeans living in the once affluent Concordia district closer to downtown. Demand for larger lots and a more suburban feel lead to the development of Story Hill.

[edit] Historic Third Ward

Historic Third Ward is an upper-class neighborhood located just to the south of downtown. The Third Ward is noted for a large number of condominiums and loft apartments, antique stores, and art galleries. It is also a center of Milwaukee's gay community. It is also home to the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. It is called the Historic Third Ward because redistricting over the years has the area in the current fourth political ward.

[edit] Tippecanoe

Tippecanoe is located on the city's far south side. A solidly middle class and well maintained neighborhood. Most of the neighborhood's homes date back to the 1940s and 1950s. The homes are often in the Cape Cod style and made of red brick. The area was named from the political rallying cry "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" by landowner John Saveland, an outspoken local Republican who intended to develop it as an upper income suburban community.^[14]

[edit] Town of Lake

Town of Lake, located near the Mitchell airport, is a neighborhood based on its namesake township which was established by the Territorial Legislature in 1838 and covered much of what is now the south side of Milwaukee, as well as the city of St. Francis. Over time, the township was parceled out among different area cities. The original boundaries for the Town of Lake were Greenfield Ave to the North, Lake Michigan to the East, College Ave (originally called Town Line Rd) to the south, and 27th Street to the west. In 1951, St. Francis incorporated to prevent annexation by Milwaukee, in effect "seceding" from the Town of Lake. Before being annexed, the township's northern boundary was Howard Ave, except for a strip of land west of 20th Street going farther north to Morgan Ave. The old town hall on 6th & Howard is still referred to as the "Town of Lake Water Tower". Now officially called the Robert A. Anderson Municipal Building by the City of Milwaukee, it currently serves as office space and water treatment facility. The Town of Lake was officially annexed in 1954. The township's residents had voted not to incorporate as the "City of Lake" in 1928; had they chosen to incorporate, the remaining area of the Town of Lake would probably have never been annexed by Milwaukee, and Milwaukee would have likely expanded further west and north instead. In addition, it is also likely that the Milwaukee suburb of St. Francis would not have felt the pressure to incorporate, nor (hypothetically) would Cudahy have made further strides into the township's agricultural land. The ethnic makeup of this neighborhood is predominantly white.

[edit] University Hill

University Hill is a downtown neighborhood that is the home of Marquette University. Generally this neighborhood is lumped in with "Avenues West".

[edit] Uptown Crossing

The Uptown Crossing commercial District is located on West North Avenue and Lisbon Avenue on Milwaukee’s north side. It is adjacent to Washington Heights, and is home to a variety of national and local retail, as well as several public institutions. Several architecturally unique buildings give Uptown Crossing a unique feel, and a business improvement district and business association support the district’s vitality. It is a diverse area with about a quarter white, a quarter southeast asian and half black population. ^[15]

[edit] Walker's Point

Walker's Point is a neighborhood that lies south of the Third Ward, it is noted for being mostly an industrial neighborhood with some housing in pockets throughout. There is also a strong presence of the city's gay and lesbian nightclubs and bars. Recently this area has seen condo, office, and retail development spill over the river to this neighborhood. However, it is not displacing anyone as the spaces undergoing development have mainly been former storage or empty industrial space. Rockwell Automation also has their headquarters in this neighborhood. Some real estate agents and promoters have begun referring to the area as "Fifth Ward", apparently hoping to capitalize on the prestige of the Third Ward located just across the Milwaukee River.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Walnut Hill

Walnut Hill is a predominantly African-American neighborhood on the west side, bordered by 27th Street, 35th Street, Vliet Street, and North Avenue. There is also a strong southeast Asian presence here. The neighborhood is one of the most blighted in the city. Despite the severe problems in the neighborhood, several new homes are under construction and now some middle income proposals are beginning to be seen. Parts of the neighborhood include streets without homes and large vacant lots. Proposals contend to fill those with large middle class homes.

[edit] Washington Heights

Washington Heights is a neighborhood characterized by its 1920s Arts & Crafts housing stock and known for converting duplexes to single-family homes. The boundaries of Washington Heights are 60th St. on the west, North Ave. on the north, 47th St. and Washington Park on the east, and Vliet St. on the south. It also includes the few blocks across Vliet, immediately south of this otherwise perfectly rectangular area. St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church is a prominant congregation in the area, dating back to the 1920s. St. Sebastian Catholic Church, built in the 1930s, is also a cornerstone within the neighborhood. There has been significant business growth along its Vliet Street corridor, with many new art galleries, wine shops and restaurants. The neighborhood is mixed, with a signifacant African American population. While the area is safe, there is some crime such as muggings and drug dealing.

[edit] Washington Park

Washington Park is located on Milwaukee's West Side and is bordered by 35th street in the east, US-41 in the west, Vliet Street in the south, and North Avenue in the north. Sherman Boulevard and Lisbon Avenue run through the neighborhood. Sherman Boulevard is lined with large brick homes and old trees. Lisbon was a major business street, today though it is home to several vacant storefronts. The neighborhood is predominantly African American and Hmong American. Washington Park, designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted was once home to the Milwaukee Zoo and houses an amphitheater and pool. After years of neglect and decline, the park is seeing a great deal of renovation and has re-emerged as one of the city's most beautiful parks. In the heart of the Washington Park and at the intersection of Lisbon and Sherman stands a magnificent equestrian statue of Frederick von Steuben, a German general who assisted George Washington in the Revolutionary War. Across from the traffic circle stands the new Washington Park Library, which has replaced the old Boulevard Inn.

[edit] Westown

Westown is an area west of the Milwaukee River and downtown, bounded by I-794 on the south, Marquette University neighborhood on the west, McKinley Avenue on the north, and the river on the east. This neighborhood comprises the original Kilbourn Town in what is now downtown Milwaukee. The Shops of Grand Avenue, along with various theaters, restaurants, nightclubs, lies along Wisconsin Avenue. Other attractions in this neighborhood include the Bradley Center, the US Cellular Arena, the Milwaukee County Courthouse and Old World Third Street. The area has also become a focal point for Milwaukee's urban scene with events such as RiverSplash!, a three day block party which kicks off Milwaukee's summer festival season, and River Rhythms at Pere Marquette Park.

The Westown neighborhood has seen a substantial amount of redevelopment in the last ten years. It is home to one of Milwaukee's two free, public Wi-Fi outdoor Hotspots located in Pere Marquette Park.^[16]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Milwaukee Neighborhood Identification Project: May 2000 neighborhood mapPDF
• My Milwaukee Home - indicates the neighborhood for any Milwaukee street address

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