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(January 25, 2010 >> Vol. 1 // Issue 01)
JUST IN >> FREEWAY GONE, OFFICE TOWER IN
Looks like downtown Milwaukee might see a new office building and theater complex after all. After surfacing over a year ago, the Marcus Theater complex and office tower proposed for the northwest corner of Water Street and Knapp Street is back on the boards. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the project has advanced "with Marcus signing a letter of intent to purchase a portion of the site". Early renderings of the building show a office tower primarily of glass slightly similar to another Eppstein Uhen designed office tower at 875 E. Wisconsin. Eppstein Uhen also designed the offices for Manpower directly across the river from the proposed site for this new tower and theater. If all goes through this could be a sleek addition to the land formerly occupied by the Park East Freeway.
<< Rendering of New Tower by Eppstein Uhen Architects
BREAKING GROUND
Rinka Chung Architects and Barrett Visionary Development will see their project the Moderne, a 30-story mixed-use building, break ground this February. After the project went through a couple years of design, marketing and pre-construction sales it appears to be moving forward. This project will hopefully bring another surge of energy to the Park East Corridor, which has sat still for a few years, partly due to the economic recession. Construction photos and more information to come.
DR. WOO DEBUT
Local Architect, Bill Feldman and his band will have their debut gig on Friday, February 12 from 9:30pm to 1:30am at Las Palmas. The band will be performing lots of classic rock tunes from Cream, Steely Dan, Allman Brothers, Beatles. For more information >> Click Here
WHAT'S NEXT
The east side of Milwaukee has seen a surge of new construction and retrofits over the past few years, including the Kenilworth Building for UW-Milwaukee by HGA and the massive Columbia St. Marys replacement hospital project, which local firm Plunkett Raysich is a team member on. Just last week though we saw the building which housed Pizza Man and other local restaurants and night life establishments on the northeast corner of North and Oakland Avenues burn down. The big question floating around is what's next for this prime east side corner? Got an opinion, email us at
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