Milwaukee-based Mandel Group Inc. announced that on Thursday it will use a 300-ton crane to remove the iconic 52,000 lb. water tower from the former Pfister & Vogel tannery building that it is demolishing in downtown Milwaukee to make way for the $175 million North End development.
Milwaukee-based Mandel Group Inc. announced that early next week it will use a 300-ton crane to remove the iconic 52,000 lb. water tower from the former Pfister & Vogel tannery building that it is demolishing in downtown Milwaukee to make way for the $175 million North End development. The water tower is one of several historic artifacts, along with Cream City bricks, heavy fire doors and an 18-foot wooden barrel (where hides were tumbled in the tanning process) that will be preserved from the original building and incorporated into the North End development.
Waukesha-based Westridge Builders Inc. is donating an "ultimate playhouse" to the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in Milwaukee to be auctioned off at the museum’s "Get Wicked" gala. The two-story playhouse features a deck, slide and swings. The proceeds will be used to support early learning and school-readiness programs.
Communities interested in applying to the Wisconsin Main Street Downtown Revitalization Program must attend one of three application workshops presented by the state Department of Commerce in October. The program provides technical assistance to local central business district redevelopment projects. The only workshop in southeastern Wisconsin will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Country Inn & Suites, 350 E. Seven Hills Road, Port Washington.
