The Port of Milwaukee

The Port of Milwaukee
Author: Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of Harbor Commissioners
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1922
Genre: Harbors
ISBN:

Milwaukee

Milwaukee
Author: John Gurda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 9780692451892

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.

Lost Milwaukee

Lost Milwaukee
Author: Carl Swanson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467138630

From City Hall to the Pabst Theater, reminders of the past are part of the fabric of Milwaukee. Yet many historic treasures have been lost to time. An overgrown stretch of the Milwaukee River was once a famous beer garden. Blocks of homes and apartments replaced the Wonderland Amusement Park. A quiet bike path now stretches where some of fastest trains in the world previously thundered. Today's Estabrook Park was a vast mining operation, and Marquette University covers the old fairgrounds where Abraham Lincoln spoke. Author Carl Swanson recounts these stories and other tales of bygone days.