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WITHOUT THE GENEROUS
CONTRIBUTIONS OF VIEWERS LIKE
YOU, SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE
CREW OF "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH
JOHN MCGIVERN, THANK YOU.
>> "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN GREENDALE.
THE NORMAN ROCKWELL-LIKE VILLAGE
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO SEE
IN GREENDALE.
100,000 HOLIDAY LIGHTS FRAMING
THE HISTORIC STOREFRONTS IN
WINTER, 35,000 FLOWERS BLOOMING
BIG TIME IN SUMMER, IT'S
BEAUTIFUL YEAR-ROUND.
20 QUAINT SHOPS.
YOU JUST GOT TO SEE GREENDALE.
>> THIS EPISODE OF
MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH FUNDING
PROVIDED IN PART BY THE GREATER
MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S ERNEST C.
AND FLORENCE M. SHOCKE FUND.
>> WE'RE ON A ROOFTOP IN
DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE OVERLOOKING
WHAT'S KNOWN AS WESTOWN.
>>
>> WE ARE ON THE EAST END OF THE
WISCONSIN AVENUE BRIDGE.
THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO WESTOWN.
OK, WESTOWN, EAST TOWN.
IS IT ALL DOWNTOWN?
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
JOHN GURDA TOLD ME TO MEET HIM
HERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK JOHN
GURDA.
I HAVE A QUESTION, HI, JOHN HOW
ARE YOU?
>> PRETTY GOOD.
>> WESTOWN, EAST TOWN, IT'S ALL
DOWNTOWN.
>> IT'S ALL DOWNTOWN.
>> HAS IT BEEN KNOWN AS WESTOWN,
EAST TOWN FOREVER?
>> NO, THAT'S MORE RECENT, BUT
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TWO
HALVES TO DOWNTOWN AND THAT'S
WEST AND EAST.
>> OK.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE ON A BRIDGE
THAT'S CROOKED.
WHY IS IT CROOKED?
>> IN THE EARLY PIONEER DAYS YOU
HAD TWO SETTLEMENTS WHO DID NOT
GET ALONG.
THEY LAID OUT THEIR STREET
SYSTEMS INDEPENDENTLY AND WHEN
THEY FINALLY BUILT BRIDGES, THEY
HAD TO JOIN THEM UP AT AN ANGLE.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CIVIC
ANTIQUES IN MILWAUKEE.
MOST OF THE BRIDGES JOIN UP
TOGETHER IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE.
>> WHAT WAS THE THREE THINGS.
>> RETAIL, CONVENTION AND
RETAIL, GIMBEL'S, RIGHT ACROSS
THE RIVER, GOES BACK TO 1887.
BOSTON STORE, IN BETWEEN THE
PLANKINTON ARCADE IN 1916 AND
THAT WAS AN EARLY ENCLOSED MALL,
SO THIS WAS REALLY KIND OF MASS
MARKET RETAIL.
ENTERTAINMENT, RIGHT BEHIND ME
HERE IS THE RIVERSIDE THEATER,
BEGINS IN 1928 AND THAT WAS THE
MAJOR VAUDEVILLE HOUSE IN
MILWAUKEE.
>> IF THEY CAME TO TOWN, THAT'S
WHERE THEY WERE.
>> THAT'S THAT'S ARE WHERE THEYT
AND THIS WAS A PLACE YOU WOULD
COME FOR MOVIES AND THE THIRD
THING IS GATHERING SPACES,
CONVENTION CENTERS, THE CRYSTAL
PAL AGO, THE INDUSTRIAL EXPO
BUILDING ON 6th AND KILBOURN
IN 1881 AND RUN THROUGH THE
LINE.
YOU HAVE THE AUDITORIUM, WHICH
IS NOW THE MILWAUKEE THEATRE,
THE ARENA, THE BMO HARRIS
BRADLEY CENTER AND THIS HAS
ALWAYS BEEN WHERE PEOPLE COME
FROM BOTH THE LOCAL AREA AND OUT
OF TOWN, TO MEET.
>> TO WHO LIVES HERE?
>> I WAS SURPRISED.
ABOUT 3200 PEOPLE IF 2010.
LARGELY RENTERS, AND MIX OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHITE, 5%
LATINO.
BUT YOU'VE GOT BOTH THE CONDOS
AND A LOT OF APARTMENTS HERE IN
WESTOWN AS WELL.
>> AND STUFF GOING UP NOW.
>> A WHOLE LOT.
>> POPULATION IS GOING TO
INCREASE.
>> YES.
>> LET'S TALK BOUNDARIES.
>> PRETTY MUCH THE WEST SIDE OF
DOWNTOWN.
THE RIVER, INTERSTATE 43,
MCKINLEY DOWN TO ST. PAUL.
VERY WELL DEFINED.
>> GOOD GREAT BIKE RIDING?
>> GREAT BIKE RIDING.
>> STAY OFF THE SIDEWALK AFTER
THIS.
>> NOT EXACTLY LEGAL.
>> SO LONG, JOHN.
>>
>> THAT'S WHERE THEY FIX THINGS.
>> WE'RE IN STUDIO, WE'RE
CHANGING THE FORMAT OF "AROUND
THE CORNER" WITH JOHN MCGIVERN,
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A STUDIO
SHOW.
I WONDER IF THE EDITOR IS GOING
TO LIKE THIS.
HERE'S JASON, THE EDITOR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, ARE
WE?
>> I SPEND HOURS UPON HOURS
WATCHING YOU HAVE.
I SEE MORE OF YOU THAN MY WIFE.
>> PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA.
>> NO.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SHOW OR
COMMERCIAL, NO ONE REALIZES THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IS PUT INTO
IT.
YOU KNOW, 40 HOURS OF MY TIME
NOT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE
SHOOTER, THE PRODUCER, THE
OFFLINE EDITORS, EVERYTHING, SO
WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW
MUCH TIME GOES INTO A SINGLE,
YOU KNOW, EPISODE, A SINGLE
MINUTE OF TELEVISION --
>> IT'S A LOT.
YES.
>> THIS IS WHERE WE ARE BY THE
WAY, MATC IS WHAT HOUSES
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC TELEVISION.
WHAT GOES ON IN THIS BUILDING?
>> WE HAVE TWO STUDIOUS AND IN
THE STUDIOUS IT HOUSES ALL OF
OUR STUDIO SHOWS, WE HAVE THE
MASTER CONTROL IS HOUSED HERE,
SO ANYTHING THAT GETS ON THE AIR
COMES THROUGH HERE AND GETS
PUMPED OUT.
WE HAVE THREE EDIT SUITES,
CONTROL ROOM UPSTAIRS.
THIS IS THE SHRINE AROUND THE
CORNER.
LOOKS, IT'S JOHN.
LOOK, IT'S JOHN.
LOOK, IT'S JOHN.
WOW.
I LOVE THAT.
MY PICTURE IS EVERYWHERE IN THIS
CUE.
OBVIOUSLY, ADELANTE, WHICH IS
NEXT DOOR, HAS NOT ONE PICTURE
OF ME UP.
WHAT'S WITH THAT?
>> WE'RE THE BEST SOURCE OF
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE GREAT REPORTERS, SOME OF
THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE
ENTIRE STATE THAT I WORKED WITH.
IF I HAD A LIFELINE, LIKE IF I
HAD TO MAKE A CALL ON A GAME
SHOW, I WOULD CALL SOMEONE FROM
THE NEWSROOM.
I'VE BEEN AT THE PAPER SINCE
1985, 1986, STARTED OUT AS A
HIGH SCHOOL INTERN.
>> YOU HAD A BY LINE AT THE AGE
OF 15.
>> 15.
I COVERED EVERY BEAT YOU COULD
THINK IT'S THE BEST JOB.
I WRITE A KLUMB TWICE A WEEK,
BUT WHAT I MOSTLY LIKE TO DO IS
GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND
TELL THE STORY.
AND I TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A
PACKAGE, YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE NOW, YOU JUST CAN'T DO
REPORTING AND WRITING.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM VIDEO, YOU
HAVE TO GIVE THEM PHOTOS, YOU
HAVE TO GIVE THEM BACKGROUND AND
GIVE THEM LINKS SO THEY CAN GO
AND GET OTHER INFORMATION, SO
REPORTING IS A LOT BIGGER THAN
WHAT IT USED TO BE.
>> SO YOU HAVE TO REACH PEOPLE
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> WE ARE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE
PLANKINTON BUILD, WHICH IS KNOWN
AS GRAND AVENUE MALL.
WE ARE HERE WITH ANGELA, WHO IS
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ART
MILWAUKEE.
WHAT IS IT AND WHAT ARE YOU
DOING IF WESTOWN?
>> WELL, WE ARE AN ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION, WE HOST ABOUT 150
EVENTS A YEAR, MOST ARE FREE AND
WE TRY TO EXPOSE AS MANY PEOPLE
AS WE CAN TO EVERY MEDIUM OF ART
THAT EXISTS.
ESSENTIALLY, GROWING THE BASE
FOR OUR ENTHUSIASTS AND CREATING
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL
ARTISTS TO MAKE THEIR LIVING
HERE.
WE LAUNCHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
CREATIVIST WORK.
THEY ALLOWED CREATIVE GROUPS TO
COME IN, INCREASE THE OCCUPANCY,
REINVIGORATE THE SPACE.
IT'S GREAT.
WE LOVE IT.
I KNOW FOR A FACT WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS BETTERING THE CITY AND
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
THE PREMISE OF WHAT WE PROVIDE
THE COMMUNITY IS AN OPPORTUNITY
OR A SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME
TOGETHER AND THE RESULTS ARE
ALWAYS MUCH LARGER THAN ANYTHING
WE COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
>> IF YOU COOK AT ALL, YOU HAVE
TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE.
>> WE'RE AT THE SPICE HOUSE.
THE WITH THE OWNERS, TOM AND
PATTIE ERD.
I KNEW WE WERE COMING HERE TODAY
AND I THOUGHT I HAVE TO FIND OUT
SOME HISTORY AND IT WAS LIKE, OH
MY GOSH, SHE IS A PENZE.
>> MY MOM AND DAD WERE RUTH AND
BILL PENZE SR.
THINK STARTED THE BUSINESS AND
WE BOUGHT THE COMPANY FROM THEM.
PENZE'S IS MY BROTHER'S
BUSINESS.
WE ARE ONE BIG SPICY FAMILY.
>> YOU NAME A SPICE AFTER A
NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M GOING TO
TELL YOU, PEOPLE ARE ALL OVER
IT.
I'M LIKE AT NIGHT WITH YOUR
BRADY STREET, MY POPCORN,
BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I LIVE NEAR
BRADY.
>> THAT WAS MY DAD'S IDEA AND IT
WAS REALLY A CLEVER IDEA.
IT REALLY WAS.
>> WHAT'S REAL POPULAR FOR YOU
GUYS, WHAT SELLS A LOT?
>> OLD WORLD THIRD STREET.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> 52 INGREDIENTS.
>> SHUT UP.
THAT'S MY NEW JOB.
>> OK.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MIX THIS.
ALL THE WAY DOWN, BABY.
YEAH.
THERE YOU GO.
YEAH.
THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.
311 BLENDS, ALL BY HAND.
>> THAT'S SO NICE.
>> JOHN, YOU HAVE TO MIX IT 1500
TIMES.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE COLOR RIGHT
YET.
>> I WAS 8 YEARS OLD, MY DAD WAS
LIKE, SIT ON THE BENCH.
I'D SIT HERE AND WAIT AS LONG AS
I HAD TO, BECAUSE I KNEW WHEN WE
GOT HOME WE WOULD HAVE LIVER
SAUSAGE.
>> AND YOU GREW UP IN MILWAUKEE,
YOU GREW UP EATING LIVER
SAUSAGE.
>> RIGHT.
SOUNDS VERY GOOD TO ME.
>> MY GREAT GRANDFATHER CAME
FROM GERMANY AS AN APPRENTICE
SAUSAGE MAKER AND IN 1880, THEY
PUT THE USINGER NAME OPPOSING
THE BUSINESS.
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WHAT'S THE
SAUSAGE MAKER AND MY GREAT
GRANDMOTHER RAN THE STORE.
I KNEW I WOULD COME INTO THE
BUSINESS WHEN I WAS SMALL.
>> YOU'RE THE MASTER SAUSAGE
MAKER.
>> I GUESS I AM.
IN THE USINGER LINE WE MAKE 125,
130 PRODUCTS.
>> WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST SELLER.
>> SUMMER SAUSAGE IN THE FALL
AND BRATS IN THE SUMMERTIME.
>> CAN WE TALK ABOUT YOUR ELVES?
>> I SUPPOSE.
>> WE HAVE TO.
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEM.
>> IT'S FROM GERMAN LORE.
THE ELVES ARE THE BRAINS BEHIND
THE OPERATION, IT'S THE ELVES
THAT REALLY DO ALL THE WORK AT
NIGHT AND THE HUMANS ARE THE
FRONT OF THE OPERATION.
>> WE'RE IN WESTOWN, IN FRONT OF
THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
HOW ARE YOU SIR.
>> I'M GOOD.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> THANKS.
>> ICONIC BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN
MILWAUKEE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
THE STATE COME TO THIS BUILDING
BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THEY NEED
TO DO, WHEN IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE
OR A FORM OR WHATEVER AND THEY
COME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
BUILDING AND I ALWAYS HOPE THAT
AT LEAST ONCE THEY LOOK OUT THIS
WAY AND THEY CAN SEE DOWNTOWN
AND THE VIBRANT CITY THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN
HERE DON'T REALIZE IS VIBRANT
AND IS THAT PLACE THAT DIDN'T
LOSE POPULATION AND THE AGES
GOING DOWN AND IT'S JUST ACTIVE.
I THINK WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT,
THEY WANT TO SEE MORE.
I THINK EVERYBODY IN PUBLIC
OFFICE MYSELF INCLUDED, HAS TO
ALWAYS BE WHITE HOT CERTAIN ON
THE FACT THAT THINGS CAN GET
BETTER.
THEY HAVE BEEN THE LAST TWO
YEARS, WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
SEE IS CLEANER PARKS, I MEAN,
WE'RE INVESTING A LOT MORE THAN
WE HAVE.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT,
AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF QUALITY
OF LIFE AND TRYING TO HELP ALL
THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING
AROUND HERE, PROCEED AS EASILY
AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S THE PLAN GOING FORWARD.
KEEP MORE OF THAT.
>> WE'RE KNOWN HERE FOR
SOMETHING CALLED THE MILWAUKEE
STYLE.
WE'VE KIND OF BEEN THE PIONEERS
OF THE EXHIBITION STYLE THAT YOU
SEE THAT HAS BEEN EMULATED IN
MUSEUMS LIKE THE AMERICAN
MUSEUM, THE SMITHSONIAN, PLACES
LIKE THAT.
WE DEVELOPED THIS YOU ARE HERE
FEEL.
>> WE WALKED IN HERE AND I WAS
LIKE, WHAT IS WITH THE HORSES?
>> WE HAVE A PERMANENT NEW
EXHIBIT THAT WE'RE CREATING,
WHICH IS SOMETHING REALLY GREAT,
WE HAVEN'T DONE A PERMANENT
EXHIBIT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
IT'S TENTATIVELY CALLED ANCIENT
WORLDS, '80S AN EXHIBIT THAT WE
HOPE TO OPEN IN SPRING OF 2015.
WHAT I'M WORKING ON IS HORSES
THAT WILL BE PULLING KING AND
HIS CHARIOT.
THEY ARE ANCIENT ARABIAN HORSES,
WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN OUR MODERN ARRAIGNAN
HORSES, -- ARABIAN HORSES, SO
THEY'RE AN INTERESTING ANIMAL
AND I'M HAVING TO TAKE
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
COMMERCIAL MANNEQUIN HORSES AND
MAKE THEM INTO THE ANCIENT
ARABIAN.
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT.
>> THIS IS WHAT MAKES A SMALLER
HORSE.
>> YES.
>> A TALL HORSE.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THIS WILL TAKE ME PROBABLY
THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR TO DO
BOTH OF THEM COMPLETELY.
>> AND YOU'RE A WOMAN OF
EXACTNESS OBVIOUSLY.
>> WELL, WE TRY HERE.
>> YOU HAVE TO.
>> MUSEUMS HAVE TO BE PRECISE.
OTHER INSTITUTIONS RELY ON US TO
BE AS ACCURATE AS WE CAN.
>>
>> GOD, I WANT TO GO HORSEBACK
RIDING IN WESTOWN.
HI HO SILVER.
JUST THE THOUGHT THAT I NEED
SOMETHING AND WHERE CAN I GO AND
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GO TO GET
IT.
IT'S RECEIPTS MARKBLE.
>> IT IS.
>> IT'S REMARKABLE.
>> WE ARE SO LUCKY IN MILWAUKEE
TO HAVE THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER
THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS HAVE TORN
DOWN THEIR HISTORIC LIBRARY.
OUR CITY DECIDED TO KEEP THIS
HISTORIC BUILDING OPEN AND TO
RENOVATE IT.
BEHIND THE SCENES, THERE'S
ALWAYS SORTS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT
WOULDN'T BE EVIDENT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW MANY
ITEMS ARE IN THIS COLLECTION
HERE.
>> ABOUT 2.6 MILLION ITEMS.
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
>> SO IF SOMEBODY NEEDS
SOMETHING, YOU PROBABLY HAVE IT.
>> THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT
WE HAVE IT.
AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME
INTO GET IT YOU CAN GO ON LINE.
YOU CAN USE YOUR NEW APP, YOU
CAN ORDER THINGS.
IT'S SO SIMPLE.
AND WE CAN SEND YOU THINGS
WHEREVER YOU LIVE.
>> WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME?
>> YOUR LIBRARY CARD, WE CARD
AROUND HERE, JOHN.
>> THEY CARD.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
>> THAT'S IT.
BEAUTIFUL.
EVERY PERSON'S GATEWAY.
THAT'S MPL.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, GET ONE.
>> RIVER FRONT LOFTS WHICH USED
TO BE GROWING UP I KNEW THIS AS
NELSON FURNITURE STORE.
>> NELSON BROTHERS FURNITURE.
>> ANDY LOVES ME TOO.
>> IT WAS BUILT ORIGINALLY AS
WALDHEIM'S FURNITURE.
IT'S BEEN FILLED WITH FURNITURE
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER FROM DAY
ONE.
WE WERE CONCERNED WE WERE GOING
TO MOVE INTO AN ANONYMOUS
BUILDING WHERE YOU WOULDN'T KNOW
YOUR NEIGHBORS AND IT'S
ABSOLUTELY OPPOSITE.
WE'VE MADE SO MANY GOOD FRIENDS
HERE.
>> YOU ARE IN THE MIDST OF WHAT
DOWNTOWN IS.
>> THIS IS LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF
DOWNTOWN.
WE WALK TO EVERYTHING.
WE WALK TO THE BUCKS AN
MARQUETTE GAMES AND WE WALK TO
THE THEATER, WE'RE AT THE REP --
WE WERE AT THE REP THE OTHER
NIGHT AND WE WALK JUST ABOUT
EVERYWHERE.
WONDERFUL LITTLE RESTAURANTS AND
SHOPS AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT IT
ALL HERE.
>> YEAH.
IT'S A PLACE TO LIVE.
AND WORK.
>> AND PLAY.
>> THANKS.
>> WE ARE INSIDE THE BIG RED
CHURCH.
IT'S REALLY CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH ON 10th AND WISCONSIN.
>> BUILT IN 1870.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE WINDOWS HAVE
NO PICTURE.
USUALLY YOU SEE LAMBS, JESUS,
ETC.
THEY WANTED JUST NATIVE
WISCONSIN WILD FLOWERS.
>> REALLY.
>> AND THE SCOTS PRESBYTERIAN
SAID WHEN THE PREACHER IS
PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD, DON'T
BE PAYING ATTENTION SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
SIT UP AND PAY ATTENTION, DON'T
LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.
IT WAS RENOVATED TO MAKE IT MUCH
MORE FLEXIBLE, OPEN, SO WE CAN
SET UP FOR WEDDINGS, CONCERTS.
>> I LOVE THE FACT THAT THAT
HAPPENS IN THIS CHURCH IN THE
MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN.
>> WE HAVE THIS BIG SPACE AND
IT'S EXPENSIVE TO KEEP UP, AND
WE NEEDED OTHER PEOPLE TO USE
IT, A BUILDING REALLY IS ONLY
VALUABLE THAT'S BEING USED.
>> CAN I ASK ABOUT YOUR OUTFIT?
>> THIS TARTAN, MY KILT IS
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND CLERGY THAT
MY WIFE BOUGHT FOR ME YEARS AGO
BUT THE JACKET IS ALSO BECAUSE
I'M A MEMBER OF THE BILLY
MITCHELL SCOTTISH PIPES AND
DRUMS BAND.
>> I'M REAL DIZZY.
>> WHAT?
>> MY BLADDER IS FULL BUT NOT
THIS ONE.
>> FOR YEARS, WE SAW THIS
PHOENIX RISING ON THIS BLOCK,
AND IT'S A REMARKABLE BUILDING.
THE WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR
EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE WHO SAY I
WANT TO LOOK AT THIS CONDOMINIUM
AND YOU BRING THEM UP?
>> I REALLY GENERALLY DON'T DO A
WHOLE LOT OF TALKING WHEN I
BRING THEM UP.
>> WOW.
>> I LET THEM WALK IN AND HAVE
THAT AHA MOMENT AND EVERYBODY
THAT COMES UP HERE DOES, BECAUSE
THERE IS NOT A VIEW LIKE THIS IN
THE CITY.
>> IT SHOWS IT ALL.
THIS IS HALL OF THE MILWAUKEE
THAT I KNOW.
>> I THINK IT'S AN ICON FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, I DO.
I THINK IT BREATHES RESIDENTIAL
LIFE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
REALLY HASN'T HAD THAT, BUT I
TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS
NECESSARY TO GET BUILT SO THAT
WE COULD SERVICE THIS AREA OF
THE CITY.
>> WE'RE STILL IN THE MODERNE,
WE'RE ON THE 10th FLOOR, THIS
TIME WE'RE HERE WITH THE LEASING
AGENT.
HOW MANY APARTMENTS IN THIS
DEVELOPMENT?
>> 203 TOTAL APARTMENTS.
IT'S A REALLY, REALLY EXCITING
THING TO WATCH PEOPLE GET
EXCITED ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL
BUILDING.
THEY'RE WOWED BY THE VIEWS.
THEY THINK MILWAUKEE LOOKS LIKE
A MUCH, MUCH COOLER CITY THAN,
YOU KNOW --
>> THAN THEY KNEW IT TO BE.
>> RIGHT.
>> OK.
I'M SOLD.
>> OK.
COME ON, WE'LL WRITE THE
CONTRACT NOW, HONEY.
COME ON, LET'S GO.
>> SPORTS FOR A MINUTE.
MY BROTHER MICHAEL.
>> GOOD JOHN, HOW ARE YOU.
>> WESTOWN.
>> NO HIGH SCHOOL.
>> NO HIGH SCHOOLS SPORTS TO
TALK ABOUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT,
WHEN WE'RE STANDING IF FRONT OF
THE MILWAUKEE THEATRE.
>> I WAS SO EXCITED.
>> WHY IS THAT JOHN?
>> LION KING.
>> WOW.
THIS IS THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS, THE
MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS AND THE
MILWAUKEE WAVE.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS, SO WHEN WE
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS, THEY'RE IN
THE AHL, LOCALLY OWNED, LOCALLY
OPERATED HERE IN MILWAUKEE.
THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING IN
MILWAUKEE FOR 35 YEARS.
THEY WOULD WON THE CALLEDDER CUN
2004 -- CALDER CUP IN 2004.
MILWAUKEE WAVE HAS BEEN PLAYING
HERE FOR 30 YEARS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO
WESTOWN, CHECK THE CALENDARS
OUT, THEIR SCHEDULES OUT.
IF YOU CAN GET TO A GAME, I WILL
HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
>> HOW DO YOU LIKE MY JERSEY?
>> I WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY
DO ENJOY YOUR TOP.
>> YEAH.
THEY DEPARTMENT HAVE A LION KING
TOP THAT FIT ME.
>> AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS TOO.
YOU'RE INTO IT.
>> MILWAUKEE WAVE.
THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY IN MY
LIFE WEARING ALL OF THIS STUFF.
>> THAT'S MY BROTHER MICHAEL.
IT'S SPORTS FOR A MINUTE.
>> IT'S A SIZE 18.
11 1/2 AND I WAS PROUD A MOMENT
AGO.
>> WE ARE WITH STEVE COSTELLO,
THE C.E.O. OF BMO HARRIS BRADLEY
CENTER.
SIR, HOW ARE YOU?
>> WELCOME JOHN.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WELCOME TO WESTOWN.
>> WE'RE AT WESTOWN.
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
WESTOWN.
>> WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS
AND WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO BE
RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF
DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE, WEST OF THE
RIVER, RIGHT AMIDST ALL OF THESE
WONDERFUL PLACES AROUND US.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU
HAVE HERE.
WE KNOW WE HAVE THE BUCKS HERE
WE HAVE THE ADMIRALS HERE,
MARQUETTE THAT PLAYS HERE, WE
HAVE MUSIC, THE BIG MUSIC STUFF
THAT COMES THROUGH TOWN AND LET
ALONE THE BIG EVENTS THAT COME
THROUGH OUR CITY.
>> IT'S ABOUT SERVING PEOPLE,
TRANSFORMING MOMENTS INTO
MEMORIES AND REALLY HAVING THE
IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES AND
DELIVERING SOMETHING THAT ONLY
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT CAN DELIVER,
SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST A
MILLION AND A HALF PEOPLE A YEAR
AND WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.
>> HOW BIG IS THE TEAM?
>> 50 FULL TIME STAFF, ALMOST 13
HONESTIESNAL STAFF THAT HELP US
PRODUCE ALL OF OUR EVENTS.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE THAT DRAWS PEOPLE FROM
ACROSS THE REGION DOWNTOWN TO
MBO HARRIS BRADLEY.
>> YOU LOOK RELAXED AND EASY
WITH IT ALL.
>> WHY NOT.
THIS IS SPORTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUN.
THIS IS A FUN BUSINESS.
>> FROM WHERE I'M STANDING, I
CAN SEE THE STIPEPLE OF CITY
HALL, THE MILWAUKEE ARE JOURNAL
COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING, I CAN
SEE THE ARENA, I CAN SEE THE
BRADLEY CENTER, AND I SEE TURNER
HALL.
AND A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN IN
MILWAUKEE FOR HOW LONG?
>> THE TURNERS CAME IN 1853, AND
THE CORNERSTONE WAS LAID IN 1882
AND THEY WOULD WORK OUT IN THE
GYM AND COME UP TO THE
RESTAURANT AND THEY WOULD SMOKE
AND DRINK AND TALK ABOUT
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.
SO THEY WERE VERY INVOLVED IN
CIVIC LIFE.
>> AND WHAT STILL GOES ON IN
THIS BUILDING?
>> WELL, WE STILL HAVE A VERY
ACTIVE GYM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT
THERE'S A FULL CLIMBING GYM
BENEATH A CONCERT HALL, AND WE
ACTUALLY HAVE BANDS WHO COME AND
GO ROCK CLIMBING BEFORE THEIR
SHOWS, THAT'S REALLY COOL.
>> YOU COME IN HERE AND YOU GET
SOMEBODY --
>> YOU GET A HARNESS, YOU LEARN
A SAFETY LESSON.
>> SO LET'S SAY YOU WANT THE
MILWAUKEE BATH, YOU FOLLOW THE
YELLOW ALL THE WAY UP.
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS?
>> UH-HUH.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO
SEE THIS PLACE IN ITS PRIME.
>> I THINK WE'RE USED TO GOING
TO PLACE THAT IS HAVE BEEN
RENOVATED TO LOOK LIKE THEY DID
BACK THEN AND OUR BUILDING IS
UNIQUE, BECAUSE YOU GET A
FEELING OF YOU HAVE A BUILDING
THAT'S BEING USED IN A MODERN
WAY AND YET YOU HAVE THE SENSE
THAT THINGS HAPPEN.
>> IT'S REALLY A GREAT SPOT TO
EXPERIENCE A SHOW.
>> I THINK IT'S MAGICAL WITH THE
CANDLELIGHT AND THE BAND ON THE
STAGE,.
>> KATRINA, I HAPPEN TO KNOW
SINCE I DO A SHOW FOR MILWAUKEE
PUBLIC TELEVISION THAT ANOTHER
SHOW SHOOTS HERE.
>> HI.
JOHN MCGIVERN, HOSTING "FOURTH
STREET FORUM."
>> I AM SO THRILLED AND EXCITED
TO BE AT MADER'S RESTAURANT.
THIS IS SO ICONIC IN THIS CITY.
MADER'S WAS FOUNDED IN 1902,
JOHN, CHARLES MADER CAME FROM
GERMANY, HE HAD TWO SONS, GUS
AND GEORGE AND THE CURRENT OWNER
IS GUS'S SON VICTOR.
>> IF SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE LIKE
I DON'T KNOW GERMAN FOOD, WHAT
WOULD YOU TELL THEM ABOUT GERMAN
FOOD?
WHAT IS THE SIGNATURE OF THAT?
>> IT'S HEARTY, TASTY, IT'S
COMFORT FOOD.
>> WE'RE EAT, WE'RE AT MADER'S.
HERE WE GO.
>> FIRST YOU WANT TO START WITH
A GIANT PRETZEL, OUR FAMOUS
REUBEN ROLLS.
PORK SHANK.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A HAT.
OH LORD I'M GLAD I HAVEN'T EATEN
FOR A WEEK.
>> WHY THIS IS OUR ROULADIN,
IT'S TENDERLOIN.
FOR DESSERT, THE SHAM TORT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT A GREAT JOB.
>> YOU CAN EAT ALL OF THIS IN
ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
NOT QUITE.
IT'S SO GOOD.
>> I'M HERE WITH DAN JORGANSEN,
THE OTHER THAN OF THIS BOAT
LINE.
>> PRIMARILY THEY ARE RIVER
BOATS SERVING THE PUBLIC, WE
REALIZED WE NEEDED TO BECOME AN
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY SO WE
NEEDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
PIRATE CRUISES FOR KIDS
BIRTHDAYS, BACHELOR PARTIES,
WEDDINGS, REHEARSAL DINNERS,
CORPORATE EVENTS, SMALLER
PARTIES, LARGER PARTIES AND WE
DID THAT THROUGH EXPANSION.
>> SO WHAT A GREAT OPERATION
THAT YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
>> WE CATER ALL OF OUR PRIVATE
EVENTS, WE PULL THE VESSELS UP,
GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO BOARD,
SIT ON THE PATIO, ENJOY A
COCKTAIL, BOARD THE VESSEL, AND
AWAY WE GO ON.
THEY COME BACK, HAVE A PLACE TO
MEET AND GREET AS WELL AS TO
HANG OUT AFTER.
ONE OF OUR MOST UNIQUE TOURS IS
THE HISTORIC NARRATED SITE.
YOU CAN FIND IN AN HOUR AND 20
MINUTES, YOU CAN FINE A TON
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE
AN FOR $20, YOU CAN GET A CRUISE
AND A BEER, CRUISE LOCALLY.
>> THIS IS THE HOME OF ALEXANDER
MITCHELL.
ELSE THE FOUNDER OF THE
MILWAUKEE ROAD, HE WAS FOUNDER
OF THE MARINE BANK AND HE WAS IN
THE LUMBER BUSINESS.
WHEN ALEXANDER MITCHELL PASSED
AWAY, THE HOUSE WAS VACANT,
TRANSITIONED INTO THE DITCH CLUB
AND THEN BECAME THE WISCONSIN
CLUB.
>> WHAT IS THAT.
>> IT IS A BELVEDERE, ONE OF THE
FEW IN THE NATION, IT WAS USED
BY THE FAMILY TO VIEW THE
GARDENS AND RE, LA AN ENJOY AND
LOOK AT -- RELAX AN AND ENJOY
THEIR GROUNDS.
>> ON THE EAST SIDE OF
MILWAUKEE, WE CALL THAT THE
PORCH.
>> IT'S FUN TO BE HERE.
WE DO USE A LOT OF THE VENUES IN
MILWAUKEE THEATRE, WE HAVE
MARQUETTE TICKETS, THINGS OF
THAT NATURE, SO WE MIGHT STOP IN
ALEXANDER'S, HAVE A DRINK AND
TAKE THE SHUTTLE, WHICH TAKES
YOU EVERYWHERE.
WE HAVE THREE GENERATIONS THAT
HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE
THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE
IT FAMILY FRIENDLY.
THEY HAVE FANTASTIC GARDEN
PARTIES OUT IN FRONT OF THE
BUILDING IN THE SUMMER.
WE DID HAVE ONE OF OUR
DAUGHTER'S WEDDINGS HERE.
IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL.
THEY DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.
>> AND THAT'S THE BIG THING,
THIS IS A PLACE THAT'S OPEN FOR
EVERYONE.
>> WHY AM I NOT A MEMBER?
>> JOHN, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE
A MEMBER OF A CLUB THAT WOULD
HAVE YOU.
>> THIS PLACE TOUCHED SO MANY
PEOPLE IN MILWAUKEE.
PANNED WE'RE JUST -- AND WE'RE
JUST DELIGHTED TON PART OF THE
SEND SANS OF IT.
JOE -- RENAISSANCE OF IT.
JOE ZILBER WAS THE LEADER OF OUR
ORGANIZATION AND UNDERTOOK THE
RENOVATION OF THE PABST BREWERY.
THE BOILER HOUSE IS AN OFFICE
BUILDING.
WE HAVE THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH, AN OUTGROWTH OF UWM,
THERE IS CARDINAL STRITCH
UNIVERSITY.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BREW
PLACE, IT OFFERS A PLACE TO
STAY.
>> THIS IS THE BREW HOUSE
SUITES, FORMERLY KNOWN AS
BUILDING 20 AND 21.
TOOK IT FROM A SHELL INTO ONE OF
THE MOST OUTSTANDING BUILDINGS
IN MILWAUKEE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF APARTMENT
BUILDINGS BEHIND US, SO THIS IS
REALLY TRANSFORMING INTO WHAT
JOE ZILBER WANTED WHICH IS
MILWAUKEE'S NEXT GREAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE DIDN'T HAVE THE EGO TO SAY
THIS IS GOING TO GO HERE OR
THERE.
HE SET THE PLATE AND LET OTHER
PEOPLE COME IN AND LET OTHER
PEOPLE SAY WHAT SHOULD BE THERE.
IT'S LIKE A BOOK HE STARTED AND
HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS GOING
TO END AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT
THIS BOOK, ANYBODY CAN COME AND
WRITE A CHAPTER.
>> IS YOUR GRANDFATHER'S SPORTS
FAR, YOUR FATHER'S SPORTS BAR
AND NOW IT'S YOUR PARTS --
SPORTS BAR.
IT'S A FABULOUS PLACE TO BE.
>> IT WAS ACTUALLY OWNED PARTLY
BY AL MCGUIRE AND HE CAME OVER
IN 1972 AND TOOK OVER AND
DECIDED LET'S BRING IT UP, QUICK
BURGER AND A HOT DOG OR A BRAT,
GET OVER TO THE GAME, THAT'S
WHAT PEOPLE WANTED PANNED IT WAS
LIKE -- AND IT WAS A SEISMIC
SHIFT IN THE WAY PEOPLE WERE
ENTERTAINING THEMSELVES LATE AT
NIGHT.
>> PEOPLE WOULD COME IN HERE
LAST MINUTE, CAN I STILL GET AND
HAVE ME TO THE GAME FOR THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THERE ARE DAYS WHERE WE WILL
HAVE THE MARQUETTE GAME, HOCKEY
GAME, A CONCERT, SO THE CROWDS
THAT WE GET, DIFFERENCES OF THE
GROUPS THAT ARE COMING TO SEE
THE EVENTS ARE KIND OF
INTERESTING AS MUCH AS IT IS
FUN.
>> AND THEY START THEIR EVENING
HERE.
>> START THEIR EVENING HERE OR
END THEIR EVENING HERE.
>> OR BOTH.
>> OR BOTH.
>> THERE IS GREAT LIVING ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER.
THAT'S WESTOWN.
YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
>> YES.
>> YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO TELL
US WHY WESTOWN IS THE BEST PLACE
IN THE WORLD TO LIVE, WORK, AND
PLAY, AND ALDERMAN BAUMAN, START
NOW.
>> WESTOWN IS THE BACK BONE OF
MILWAUKEE, OF THE REGION OF THE
STATE.
IT DOES ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING.
IT HAS THE MAJOR CONVENTION
CENTER, MAJOR SPORTS ARENA, THE
MAJOR GATHERING PLACES FOR
POLITICAL EVENTS, FOR
ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS, IT HAS
SOME TREMENDOUS MUSIC VENUES,
GREAT RESTAURANTS AND BARS, AND
WE'RE DEVELOPING A LOT OF NEW
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT
PEOPLE CLOSER TO ALL THOSE
VENUES.
>> AND YOU HAVE 4, 3, 2, 1.
YOU GOT IT!
>> IN 1965, IT WAS THE FIRST
WISCONSIN BANK AND THEY GAVE
THIS BUILDING TO THE MILWAUKEE
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
IT'S BEEN ITS HOME EVER SINCE.
AND IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, IT
HAS BEEN RESTORED, RESTORED TO
ITS GLORY -- GURDA, I DIDN'T
KNOW HE WAS HERE.
I KNEW ALL OF THAT INFORMATION
MYSELF.
GET DOWN.
I SWEAR I KNEW IT ALL.
I DID.
MILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
WESTOWN.
>> ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
"AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN IS PROVIDED BY THE
GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S
ERNEST C. AND FLORENCE M. SHOCKE
FUND.
>> "AROUND THE CORNER WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN IS MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN GREENDALE.
THE NORMAN ROCKWELL-LIKE VILLAGE
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE.
THE GREENDALE VILLAGE CENTER
SHARES THE TOWN'S UNIQUE HISTORY
ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND BARGAINS
GALORE ON THE LOWER LEVEL,
INCLUDING KITCHEN GADGETS AND
TASTE OF HOME COOKBOOKS, AS MUCH
AND SO MUCH MORE.
YOU JUST GOT TO SEE GREENDALE.
>> IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO BRING
YOU "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH
JOHN MCGIVERN.
>> THE SHOW WHAT NOT BE POSSIBLE
WITHOUT THE HOSPITAL OF THE
PLACES WE VISIT.
>> AND YOUR GENEROUS FINANCIAL
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.