Author: Staff

Following the Orlando tragedy that took place during PrideFest last month, the attack in Nice, France on July 14 occurred as downtown Milwaukee prepared to Storm the Bastille during the 35th annual Bastille Days. The latest terrorist incident came less than a year after the Paris attacks, when the Eiffel Tower from Bastille Days was temporarily erected in front of City Hall as a memorial. In the midst of the four-day celebration, Milwaukee’s Bastille Days commemorated the French tragedy, where a truck slammed into a crowd of revelers and claimed at least 84 victims in the southern city of...

Milwaukee had a fast and efficient public transportation system that sustained residential need for travel and fueled economic sustainability, until city planners got a glimpse of the future. Originally built in the 1960s, the Marquette Interchange was rebuilt over four years from 2004 to 2008 and is the main transportation hub for downtown Milwaukee. Commuters use it every day and is one of downtown Milwaukee’s most prominent architectural landmarks. Over the years, millions of motorists would come to know the interchange as part of their route to work, around town, or across the state. Yet mostly forgotten from the...