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Milwaukee's New Urban Vision

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Laura Kranz
2 September 2003 - 1:00pm

Can Milwaukee become a national model for transforming brownfields into an engine for family-supporting jobs?

One big test will be a 140-acre parcel east of Miller Park. The city acquired the former rail yard in July from CMC Heartland Partners of Chicago and is using grant money to clean up contaminants, with the first acreage expected to be available for development by the spring of 2005... One of the most intriguing possibilities: The foundations of demolished buildings might be incorporated into a storm-water management system. 'It's a form of urban archaeology,' Wenk told me, 'revealing those enigmatic, ghost landscapes.' "

Full Story: Valley plan offers new urban vision
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 2, 2003
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No matter how one wanted to organize the ideal city, housing security would be part of it. No community can function effectively if large numbers of its residents are regularly displaced or perpetually at risk of being displaced.
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