Civil War V. Civic Good

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Christopher Bennett

31 January 2003 - 5:00am

Old and new clash on site proposed for development of a 24-story glass office tower. Several Civil War-era buildings will be razed if construction continues as planned.

From an architect's rendering, it looks like a stunning addition to a downtown defined by heavy masonry buildings: a glassy office tower with a dramatic, bowed bay soaring skyward.There's one problem, though. The 24-story tower, proposed for the southeast corner of E. Wisconsin Ave. and N. Broadway, would be located smack in the middle of a local historic district, requiring demolition of a block of rare, Civil War-era commercial buildings.

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Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 30, 2003