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SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT
WE VISIT.
>> AND YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
SO THANK YOU.
>> "AROUND THE CORNER WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN" IS MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN GREENDALE.
VISITORS KEEP SAYING GREENDALE
LOOKS JUST LIKE A NORMAN
ROCKWELL TOWN AND SINCE IT WAS
DESIGNED BY A NEW ENGLAND TOWN
PLANNER, IT DOES.
AND NOW, THERE'S A LIFE-SIZED
STATUE OF NORMAN ROCKWELL RIGHT
ALONG MAIN STREET.
YOU JUST GOT TO SEE GREENDALE.
>> THIS EPISODE OF "AROUND THE
CORNER" WITH JOHN MCGIVERN IS
MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH FUNDING
PROVIDED IN PART BY THE GREATER
MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S ERNEST C.
AND FLORENCE M. SHOCKE FUND.
>>
>> I AM ON GREENFIELD AVENUE,
THIS IS THE MIDDLE OF WEST
ALLIS.
>> GOOD MORNING WEST ALLIS.
>> GURDA SAID MEET HIM IN THIS
PARKING LOT.
A PARKING LOT.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW GURDA HAD A
CAR.
OH, HEY.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE IN A CAR.
>> THIS IS MY TWO WHEELED CAR.
YOU'RE IN A SPECIALIZED CAR,
IT'S SO SPECIAL IT'S A BIKE.
WHY ARE WE IN A PARKING LOT.
>> BECAUSE JOHN, WE ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A LARGE INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEX IN THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
RIGHT HERE IN WEST ALLIS.
IT'S ALLIS-CHALMERS AND IN 1892
IT GOT HERE WITH THE STATE FAIR
MOVING HERE PERMANENTLY, BUT
WHAT WAS THE PARK FOR THE WEST
ALLIS OF TODAY TOOK PLACE
FARTHER EAST IN WALKER'S POINT
AND IN 1867, A YANKEE
ENTREPRENEUR PUT A MACHINE SHOP
DOWN ON THE CORNER OF FIRST AND
FLORIDA AND BEFORE LONG HE WAS
MAKING FLOUR MILL EQUIPMENT, SAW
MILL EQUIPMENT AND HUGE STEAM
ENGINES, SO BEFORE LONG, HE HAD
350 EMPLOYEES AND THE PLANT WAS
FOUR BLOCKS LONG.
>> HOW DID IT GET OUT HERE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED WAS HE DIED IN
1889 AND HIS KIDS WERE LOOKING
FOR ROOM TO EXPAND.
THEY HAD NO MORE ROOM BACK IN
WALKER'S POINT, SO THEY MOVE OUT
HERE, THEY BUY 100 ACRES OF LAND
RIGHT HERE ON 70th AND
GREENFIELD, AND BEGIN TO GO INTO
PRODUCTION.
WHILE THOSE PLANS WERE BEING
DRAWN, THEY MERGED WITH A COUPLE
OTHER FIRMS TO FORM
ALLIS-CHALMERS, SO 1902 IS WHEN
THE SHOPS OPENED AND 1902 IS
WHEN THE SUBURB INCORPORATES AND
THE ALLIST SHOPS ARE WALK IN
WALKER'S POINT, SO THIS IS OF
COURSE, WEST ALLIS.
AND ALLIS-CHALMERS BECAME ONE OF
THE LARGEST MAKERS OF HEAVY
EQUIPMENT IN THE WORLD.
MARINE ENGINES, LECTURE BINES,
TRACTORS AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER
THINGS AND THIS BECAME THE
LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE STATE.
20,000 PEOPLE WORKED IN THE SHOP
COMPLEX HERE AND NEARBY.
INCLUDING MY DAD.
SOMETIMES I'LL BE AT TALKS AND
ASK PEOPLE TO RAISE THEIR HANDS
IF THEY'VE HAD A RELATIVE OR
CLOSE FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR WHO
WORKED AT ALLIS-CHALMERS AND
MAYBE A THIRD OF THE HANDS GO
UP.
>> WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY WHO
WORKED HERE.
AND AS OTHER EMPLOYERS MOVED OUT
HERE, THIS BECAME BY FAR THE
LARGEST INDUSTRIAL SUBURB IN THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN.
>> HOW LONG DID THIS LAST?
>> LASTED UNTIL THE 1980'S AND
THEN YOU HAVE THIS NATIONAL WAVE
OF DEINDUSTRIALIZATION, SO
ALLIS-CHALMERS WENT BANKRUPT IN
1987 AND NOW THE PATTERN SINCE
THEN HAS BEEN REDEVELOPMENT, SO
YOU'VE GOT WHERE THE OLD BRONZE
FOUNDRY WAS IS K MARTS, YOU HAVE
THE FITNESS CENTER, NOW THE
HARNISCHFEGER CRANE, GREENFIELD
AVENUE, AND MACHINE SHOPS HERE,
YOU'VE GOT OFFICES, BUT THEY
LEFT THE HARNISCHFEGER CRANE,
P & H, SO IT'S A COMMUNITY WITH
A RICH INDUSTRIAL PAST AND
CERTAINLY, A VITAL FUTURE AS
WELL.
>> WHAT'S THE POPULATION?
>> ABOUT 60,000.
GERMAN, POLISH, OTHERS AS WELL,
AND THE AREA, THE BOUNDARIES,
ABOUT 11 SQUARE MILES, AND RUNS
FROM ROUGHLY 50th TO THE COUNT
LINE AT 124th, BELOW I-94.
>> IT MAKES SENSE YOU WANTED ME
TO MEET YOU IN THE PARKING LOT.
>> WE USUALLY DON'T COVER
EVENTS.
I DON'T THINK THIS SAN EVENT.
IT'S BEEN HERE OVER SUNDAY WICKS
0 YEARS IN -- OVER 160 YEARS IN
WEST ALLIS, IT'S THE WISCONSIN
STATE FAIR.
AS A WISCONSIN RESIDENT AND
SOMEBODY WHO ENJOYS THE FAIR,
THIS IS FUN AND SOMETHING I'VE
KNOWN MY WHOLE LIFE.
SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR A
TRADITION OF THE STATE, AND
TRADITIONS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
HOLD DEAR TO THEIR HEART,.
I SUPPOSE YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT
SERIOUSLY.
>> I DO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY AND
I APPRECIATE THE LOOKS ON THEIR
FACES AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT
THE FAIR AND PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN
ARE NOT AFRAID TO TELL YOU
WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG.
TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER.
>> ARE YOU HERE MOSSLY OF THE 11
HOURS THAT YOU'RE UP AND GOING.
>> MY FATHER INSTILLED IN ME, IF
YOU RUN THIS PLACE, YOU'RE THERE
WHEN IT STARTS AND YOU DON'T
LEAVE UNTIL IT'S OVER.
SO I'M HERE ABOUT 20 HOURS A
DAY.
>> DID WE HAVE THE SAME DAD?
THAT'S THE GENERATION THAT
RAISED US.
THIS IS GOOD PEOPLE WATCHING.
>> WE GET TO PUT A FAIR ON EVERY
YEAR AND WE GET TO FIX WHAT WE
DID WRONG THIS YEAR AND PUT IT
ON AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
MY HEART PUMPS FAST FOR THE TWO
WEEKS, BECAUSE WE WORK SO HARD
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WHEN IT
COMES, WE SMILE ALL THE TIME.
>> SO I GO ALL OVER THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN TALKING TO PEOPLE.
I SHOULD HAVE JUST COME HERE,
STATE FAIR.
IT'S NOW QUARTER AFTER
9:00 A.M., THE FIRST MONDAY OF
STATE FAIR.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE DAY?
>> FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS GO TO
THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, GET A
BAKED POTATO.
I KNOW, 9:00 A.M.
>> MIGHT AS WELL.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND THEN WE'LL EXIT THE
BUILDING AND WASH THAT DOWN WITH
A PORK CHOP SANDWICH.
>> YOU GUYS ARE REALLY ALL ABOUT
THE FOOD.
>> THAT'S THE DEAL.
>> DO YOU EVER SAVE ANY FOR
LATER.
>> NO.
>> YOU SHARE IT.
>> YOU HAVE TO BRING A BUDDY,
THAT WAY YOU CAN EAT EVERYTHING,
AND YOU SPLIT EVERYTHING.
>> YOU GAVE ME THE MESSY HALF.
>> THAT IS THE VERY MESSY HALF.
THAT ONE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
AND THEN WE MAKE OUR WAY DOWN TO
THE EXPO CENTER AND WE SLICE
THEM, DICE THEM, BUY THE NEW
MOPS, RIGHT.
RIGHT.
AND WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE ELSE
CARRYING THAT MOP YOU BOUGHT,
YOU'RE LIKE, RIGHT, YOU GOT THE
MOP, I GOT THE MOP, RIGHT?
I GOT THE MOP TOO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AND YOU WILL BE BACK.
>> YES.
PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT
TIMES.
>> THEY'RE THE BEST.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK CREAM PUFFS
ARE SO POPULAR?
>> WELL, YOU NO, IT'S THE ONLY
PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN
GET A CREAM PUFF THIS FRESH.
THIS IS OUR CREAM ROOM AT THE
WISCONSIN STATE FAIR.
EVERYTHING IS MADE FROM SCRATCH
USING WISCONSIN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS, WHICH HAS BEEN OUR
HISTORY SINCE 1924.
WE'RE HERE OPERATING 24/11.
>> 24 HOURS, 11 DAYS.
>> YOU BET.
STRAIGHT ON THROUGH, NO MATTER
WHAT.
>> IS THERE A BAKERY IN AMERICA
THAT'S THIS BUSY FOR 11 DAYS?
>> NO, THIS BECOMES THE BUSIEST
RETAIL BAKERY FOR 11 DAYS.
>> HAS THE CREAM PUFF CHANGED
OVER THE YEARS?
>> REALLY IT HASN'T.
THE CREAM PUFF WAS DONATED TO
THE ASSOCIATION BY CHARLES
CRAMER, OUR FOUNDING PRESIDENT
OF WISCONSIN BAKERS.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S DONE.
>> WHEN IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
>> THE FORMULATION IS STILL
BASICALLY THE STAPLE.
WE'VE ADJUSTED THE AMOUNT THAT'S
MADE AT A TIME TO HANDLE WITH
OUR HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT THAT'S
NOW HERE AND SO IT'S BASICALLY
THE SAME PRODUCT.
VERY PROUD OF IT.
YOU KNOW, NOTHING MAKES ME
HAPPIER THAN SEEING OUR
CUSTOMERS WALK AWAY WITH A BOX
OF CREAM PUFFS AND A CHOCOLATE
BROWNIE OR CHOCOLATE CHIP CAN
COOKIE.
>> HORSE BARN.
HOW MANY HORSES DO YOU HAVE
HERE?
>> WE HAVE FOUR ALTOGETHER.
>> WISCONSIN IS HAS ALWAYS BEEN
A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT STATE
FOR CLYDESDALE HORSES.
THE FIRST CLYDESDALE HORSE EVER
BRED IN NORTH AMERICA WAS IN
WISCONSIN.
>> IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR
STARTED HAVING A CLYDESDALE SHOW
IN THE 1880'S.
IT'S THE ONLY CONTINUOUSLY
RUNNING CLYDESDALE SHOW IN NORTH
AMERICA, GOING NONSTOP SINCE
1880.
>> HERE AT THE WISCONSIN STATE
FAIR.
>> AT THE STATE FAIR.
WE'VE BEEN SHOWING TIPS NANCY
THE 1970'S AND I'VE BEEN SHOWING
HERE MY WHOLE LIFE.
ALL 31 YEARS.
MY WHOLE FAMILY DOES IT, WE ALL
ARE INVOLVED, AND IT'S A BIG
PASSION OF OURS.
>> THE ONLY TIME YOU MOVED AWAY
FROM WEST ALLIS IS WHEN YOU WERE
WITH YOUR HUSBAND IN THE NAVY.
>> HE WAS IN THE NAVY AND I WAS
DYING.
PEOPLE WOULD LAUGH AT ME WHEN I
LIVED IN NEVADA AND HAWAII
ESPECIALLY, I WAS LIKE IT'S
AWESOME IN WISCONSIN, YOU'VE GOT
TO COME, I LOVE THIS AREA AND WE
WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT STATE
FAIR AND THEY SAID YOU WOULD
RATHER LIVE THERE THAN HAWAII
AND I'M LIKE YES, I WOULD.
WE WENT TO THE HAWAII STATE FAIR
AND THE NEVADA STATE FAIR, AND
THEY WERE ABOUT, OH, A BLOCK OF
THIS, NOT EVEN, THE FOOD
COULDN'T COMPARE.
>> YOU WANT A FEW?
>> PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE TO
COME TO WEST ALLIS BECAUSE OF
THE FAIR.
>> NO.
COME FOR THE FAIR, IF YOU'RE IN
THE TOWN IN THAT AREA.
OTHERWISE GO FOR THE
RESTAURANTS, THE PARKS, COME AND
LIVE FOR THE SCHOOLS, THE
SCHOOLS ARE AWESOME.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING
ON AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE
REASONS I ALWAYS LOVED THIS AREA
AND IN WEST ALLIS, BECAUSE
YOU'RE NEVER BORED.
YOU CAN ALWAYS DO SOMETHING.
>> YOU COULDN'T WAIT TO GET
BACK.
>> NO, I COULDN'T.
>> WE ARE IN A PLACE CALLED
ALICE'S RESTAURANT.
ALLIS, GET IT, WEST ALLIS.
ANY WAY, LOOK AT WHAT THEY PRINT
HERE.
"TIME" MAGAZINE, "SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED," SIERRA, CYCLE
WORLD, COUNTRY FRENCH.
THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
AND THE BEST PART, LOOK AT THIS.
25 CENTS.
>> YOU GOT A QUARTER?
>> DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT?
IT'S CALLED QUAD GRAPHICS.
IF I WOULD SAY TOFULLY 1 IN OUR
COMMUNITY, WHAT DO YOU KNOW,
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY TO
ME.
THEY PRINT MAGAZINES AND THAT'S
WHAT THEY KNOW OF QUAD GRAPHICS.
CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ELSE
ABOUT YOUR COMPANY?
>> CERTAINLY OUR CORE BUSINESS
IS BUILT ON THE LONG RUN
PUBLICATION, SO WE'RE THE
BIGGEST PUBLISHER OF CATALOGS IN
NORTH AMERICA, BIGGEST
PUBLICATIONS OF MAGAZINES.
HOW DO WE COMPLEMENT PRINT.
>> IPAD?
>> THE PICTURE COMES ALIVE.
SHUT UP.
INTERACTIVE PRINT, THAT'S WHAT'S
GOING ON.
THIS COMPANY MEANS A LOT TO WEST
ALLIS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EMPLOY IN
THIS PLANT?
>> WE EMPLOY ABOUT 850 PEOPLE IN
THE PLANT.
AS WE'VE GROWN THE BUSINESS,
BECAUSE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN
SCALE AND SCOPE, WE ARE ALLOWED
TO BREAK INTO OTHER AVENUES, ONE
BEING QUADMED, A MEDICAL OFFICE
ON THE WORKSITE THAT IS TOP
NOTCH.
>> THIS IS KIND OF AMAZE, THAT
THIS IS IN THE PLANT HERE.
>> IT IS.
>> CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHY THIS IS
HERE.
>> WE FOCUS ON PREVENTING
PROBLEMS, TROUBLESHOOTING, SO WE
ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME WITH OUR
PATIENTS WHO WE CAN DEVELOP A
THERAPEUTIC RIPP AND WORK AS
A -- RELATIONSHIP AND WORK AS A
TEAM ON THEIR HEALTH.
>> I WANT TO COME TO YOU TRITE
NOW.
THIS COULD -- TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
THIS COULD HELP ME.
ARE THERE ANY PART-TIME
POSITIONS OPEN SO I COULD USE
YOU GUYS?
>> I'LL HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT FOR
YOU.
>> CAN WE CHECK THAT OUT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS
BUSINESS IS.
>> WE'RE A MANUFACTURER.
AND WE BUILD EXCLUSIVELY WITH
PASSENGER RAIL, SO ANYTHING THAT
MOVES PEOPLE ON A TRAIN.
IF IT'S A MUSEUM PIECE, COMMUTER
RAIL, AN EXCURSION LINE, PRIVATE
USE.
IT'S THE BEGINNING.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE STRIPPED
OUT, DOWN TO THE FRAME.
>> THIS JUST SHOWED UP FOUR DAYS
AGO.
>> YES.
>> SO YOU GET THE TRAIN CAR AND
YOU REDO THE WHOLE THING, IS
THAT WHAT HAPPENS?
>> TURNKEY OPERATION.
>> THERE'S ALWAYS SOME KIND OF
STRUCTURAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE, BECAUSE THESE ARE
GENERALLY OLDER CARS, SO THE
CARS THAT WE USUALLY FIND PEOPLE
USE ARE DISCARDED FROM THE
AMTRAK FLEET.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM
BEGINNING TO END HAVE TOUCHED
THIS CAR?
>> OH, GOODNESS.
50-ISH.
YEAH.
YEAH.
>> WE'VE GOT TO KIND OF TEAR IT
APART AND MAKE SURE IT'S
STRUCTURALLY SOUND SO IT CAN RUN
AGAIN.
>> ARE THEY BETTER WHEN THEY GET
THEM BACK, ARE THEY LIKE OH MY
GOSH?
>> THEY'RE ECSTATIC.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT STARTED
WITH THE OTHER CARS, SO NOW IT'S
THE SLEEK, COOL INTERIOR.
THEY'RE HAPPY.
>> WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO, WHAT IS
MEDIA DYNAMICS?
>> WE DO A LOT OF INTERACTIVE
MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS, 3D
ANIMATIONS, VIDEOS, MOBILE APPS,
TRAINING AND EDUCATION TYPE OF
PROGRAMS AND SOME MEETING
STAGING.
>> WHY WOULD YOU PICK THIS
LOCATION, WHY WOULD YOU PICK
WEST ALLIS?
>> THIS LOCATION WAS IDEAL FOR
US, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD MANY OF
OUR CLIENTS TELL US THAT YOU'RE
PARTWAY DOWNTOWN, SO IN THE
MORNING, THEY COME IN IN THE
MORNING FOR A MEETING AND AVOID
ALL THE TRACK OF GOING DOWNTOWN
AND THE -- TRAFFIC OF GOING
DOWNTOWN AND THE CONGESTION AND
BY THE SAME *** KEN TOWARDS THE
END OF THE DAY, HAVE THE MEETING
AND THEY'RE OUT OF THE
CONGESTION.
IT WORKS OUT IDEAL.
>> IF SOMEBODY WERE TO CALL YOU
AND SAY JOHN WE'RE THINKING OF
MOVING OUR BUSINESS TO WEST
ALLIS, WHAT -- CAN YOU GIVE ME
ANY ADVICE, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL
THEM?
>> I'D TELL THEM TO TAKE A LOOK
AT SUMMIT PLACE AND CALL KYLE,
THE PROPERTY MANAGER.
>> YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU'RE LIKE THE LANDLORD, AREN'T
YOU?
>> I AM THE LANDLORD.
>> CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS
BUILDING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WELL, THIS FORMER
ALLIS-CHALMERS FACILITY, WHAT
YOU SEE OUT HERE WAS A CRANE
BAY, IT HELD A 1 TON CRANE, YOU
CAN'T SEE THE FOURTH FLOOR ABOVE
US AND THIS IS ALL SO AT ONE
TIME, THIS WAS A KNACKTORY
FLOOR.
>> BUSINESS IS VARIED, LIKE WHO?
>> ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES.
WE HAVE TENANT FLOORS, OUR
LARGEST BEING ABOUT 60,000 FEET
OF CONTIGUOUS SPACE, FOR ONE
TENANT.
>> THIS IS CONVENIENT.
>> IT IS.
CENTER OF THE MARKETPLACE.
>> SO FOR OFFICE TENANTS THAT
AREN'T DOWNTOWN TENANTS, THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR A CENTRAL LOCATION.
THIS IS THE MOST CENTRAL
LOCATION.
>> IS THERE MORE SPACE HERE TO
DEVELOP?
IF WE CAME BACK IN --
>> WE ALWAYS HAVE SPACE.
CHANNEL 10 WANTS TO MOVE OVER
AND YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR OFFICE
HERE, LET ME KNOW.
>> SO THERE.
KYLE TOLD US.
>> WE'RE ON GREENFIELD AVENUE.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO
TALK WITH A BUSINESS OWNER.
WE ARE TALKING WITH ALEX WHO HAS
THE STATE FARM AGENCY.
LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YOU'RE
HERE.
>> ALEX IS HERE.
>> 10 YEARS AGO YOU WERE DOWN
THE BLOCK A LITTLE BIT AND SIX
YEARS AGO YOU MOVED HERE.
>> YES.
>> WHY DID YOU STAY IN WEST
ALLIS.
>> I STAYED IN WEST ALLIS
BECAUSE IT WAS A COMMITMENT TO
HELPING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
GROW THEIR BUSINESS, THEY
SUPPORT US WITH THE DOWNTOWN
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SO YOU FEEL
WELCOME AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU
KNOW, IF THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO
THE BUSINESS HERE, THAT I SHOULD
COMMIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> AND WHO'S YOUR CLIENT, IS IT
A LOT OF WEST ALLIS PEOPLE OR
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, MY LICENSE IS
GOOD THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN, SO I, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY, THE PREPONDERANCE OF
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE FROM WEST
ALLIS, BUT I PULL ALL OVER THE
METRO AREA.
>> DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> YOU WOULD IN THE WINTERTIME.
IT'S CALLED CANDY CANE LANE.
WE'RE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
SUMMER, SO THERE'S NO HOUSES
FULLY DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS.
CANDY CANE LANE, NORTH OF
OKLAHOMA ON 94th STREET, CHECK
IT OUT.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN YOUR HOUSE IN
THE SUMMER.
IT'S REALLY LOVELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> REALLY NICE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE
KNOW THIS AS CANDY CANE LANE AND
WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS FOR THOSE
WHO DON'T KNOW.
>> IT STARTED HERE IN THIS AREA
OVER 25 YEARS AGO.
AND IT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF
NEIGHBORS HAVING FUN, DRESSED UP
IN COSTUMES AND THE PEOPLE JUST
CAME.
>> A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE
WALKING THROUGH THE PARK AND
WALKING, THEY'RE SINGING
CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
>> I STARTED DONATING MONEY AND
WE JUST TOOK IT AND DECIDED TO
GIVE IT TO THE MACC FUND.
>> SO IT'S REALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATIVE, WHERE EVERYBODY
DECORATES THEIR HOUSE LIKE WE
USED TO WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
SOME PEOPLE GET CRAZY WITH IT.
>> DO YOU THINK SO.
>> WHICH IS THE BEST, WHICH
BRINGS TRAFFIC THROUGH, AND NO
MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN OUR
COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY KNOWLES
CANDY LANE LANE.
>> I CERTAINLY HOPE SO.
>> IT'S THE WEST ALLIS FARMERS
MARKET, STARTED IN 1919, THE
OLDEST FARMERS MARKET IN THE
STATE.
OK, I JUST MADE THAT UP.
BUT DOESN'T IT SOUND LIKE IT
MIGHT BE.
IT IS SO OLD WHEN IT OPENED UP
ACROSS THE STREET WAS A FARM.
WEST ALLIS LANDMARK, NUMBER 2.
WHAT'S NUMBER ONE?
HEY, I FOUND IT.
SHOULD HAVE GUESSED.
WE ARE HERE IN FRONT OF THE WEST
ALLIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WE'RE
HERE WITH THE PRESIDENT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> HOW ARE YOU, DEVON.
THIS IS A NICE BUILD, BUILT IN
1887, WHEN THIS WAS KNOWN AS THE
TOWN OF GREENFIELD AND THE 5th
DISTRICT SCHOOL FOR THE DOWN OF
GREENFIELD AND WHEN WEST ALLIS
BECAME A VILLAGE AND THEN A
CITY, IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY
AND NOW RUN BY THE WEST ALLIS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS A MUSEUM.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ON
SITE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY.
>> OUR MUSEUM IS OPEN EVERY
SUNDAY AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOG
CABIN.
>> JUNE 20th, 1848.
IF YOU KNOW HISTORY.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM SCHOOL IS
THAT WE WERE THE 30th STATE.
30 STARS.
THANKS, SCHOOL MARM.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE
SHOULD SEE, IT'S NOT ONLY THE
HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS IS REALLY NAM TO ALL OF US
WHO -- FAMILIAR TO ALL THE OF US
WHO GREW UP IN THE MILWAUKEE
AREA.
>> SHE PULLED THIS THING OUT
TOO.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE AT THE MILWAUKEE MILE
RACEWAY, WE'RE HERE WITH JERRY
ZIMMERMAN, THE MILE HISTORIAN.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> WISCONSIN STATE FAIR
HISTORIAN.
>> YOU ARE?
>> YES.
>> THE WHOLE STATE FAIR
HISTORIAN.
>> YES.
THIS RACE TRACK WAS BUILT
EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, THERE'S ONE
THING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS THAT
HASN'T CHANGED, THAT THE LAYOUT
OF THE TRACK, EVEN THE BANKING,
IT'S EXACTLY LIKE IT WAS THE DAY
THAT THE FAIR WAS BUILT, BUT IT
WAS BUILT FOR HORSE SULKEY
RACING AT THAT TIME.
AND A DIRT TRACK.
19 WHO 3 WHAT'S THE FIRST TIME
THAT THEY RACED CARS HERE.
I THINK, IF I RECALL, IT WAS
SOMETHING LIKE 60.2 MILES PER
HOUR THAT THEY PUT A RECORD ON
THE TRACK.
THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A DRIVERS
TRACK.
>> YOU COULD PRACTICALLY NAME
THE DRIVER AT ONE POINT OR
ANOTHER HAVE BEEN ON THE TRACK
AND THE DRIVERS LOVE IT.
DEPENDING ON HOW GOOD YOUR CAR
IS, IT'S ALSO HOW GOOD YOUR
DRIVER, IS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE
THAN ONE GROOVE IN THIS TRACK.
>> WEST ALLIS, WE'RE AT WEST
ALLIS SPORTS COMPLEX.
WHAT GOES ON HERE?
>> YOU BET.
WEST ALLIS, HALE, AND CENTRAL
PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES HERE.
WE'RE ON THE CAMPUS OF WEST
ALLIS HALE, THEY PLAY FOOTBALL
GAMES, FOOTBALL, AND WHEN THEY
PLAY AGAINST EACH OH IT'S LIKE
NOTHING ELSE.
IT'S HUGE.
>> RIVALRY-LIKE.
>> IT IS.
IT'S PACKERS-BEARS, RED
SOX-YANKEES.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE.
YOU SERIOUSLY THROW OUT THE
RECORDS WHETHER THOSE TWO TEAMS
PLAY AND THE COMMUNITY COMES
OUT.
NORMALLY FOR A HIGH SCHOOL
BASEBALL GAME, YOU MIGHT GET 25,
30 PEOPLE.
NOT WHEN WEST ALLIS AND HALE
PLAYS AND THESE TWO SCHOOLS GO
AT IT HARD IN THESE TWO SPORTS.
>> LOVE THE OUTFITS.
>> POLITICALLY CORRECT.
>> HALE CENTRAL.
>> VERY SMART.
I'M NOT GETTING BEAT UP TONIGHT.
>> VERY GOOD, BROTHER MICHAEL.
SPORTS MINUTE.
WEST ALLIS.
NOT SO BAD FOR AN OLD GIANT --
OLD GUY.
>> CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE
HISTORY?
>> THIS IS THE OLD OLYMPIC OVAL
OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
>> THAT'S WHERE IT WAS.
>> IT WAS OUT THERE AND PEOPLE
HAVE GREAT STORIES ABOUT IT.
SALT BLOWING OFF THE EXPRESSWAY
AND HEADWINDS ALL THE WAY
AROUND.
THIS WAS THE FIRST INDOOR OVAL
IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THIS?
>> JUST SALT LAKE, SALT LAKE
CITY HAS IT FROM THE 2002
OLYMPIC GAMES, JUST TWO OF US
AND WE THINK WE'RE SPECIAL HERE.
>> OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT CAN WE DO WHEN WE COME?
>> YOU HAVE A UNIQUE FACILITY AS
YOU MENTIONED.
YOU CAN BE TRAINING WITH
OLYMPIANS ON A SATURDAY MORNING
OR EVEN ON A MONDAY EVENING OR
MONDAY AFTERNOON, AND AS THEY'RE
FINISHING THEIR TRAIN, YOU HAVE
PUBLIC SKATERS GETTING ON THE
AISLES.
>> AND -- ON THE ICE.
>> WE'VE HAD HISTORY OF GOOD
SPEED SKATERS OUT OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHO THEY ARE?
>> DAN JANSSEN, BONNIE BLAIR,
WE'VE ADOPTED HERE, SHE LIVES
LOCALLY, BUT GREW UP IN
CHAMPAGNE URBANA.
ERIC HEIDEN OUT OF MADISON IN
THE 1976 AND 1980 GAMES.
>> RANDY SAID I HAD TO WORK
WHILE I WAS HERE.
I GOT TO SKATE FOR FREE, WHICH
WAS GREAT, BUT I HAVE TO WORK
AND HE HANDED ME THIS KEY.
GUESS WHAT TIME GOING TO DO?
>> SO THERE ARE OTHERS ALONG THE
WAY AND WE HAVE A LOT TO TRAIN
HERE NOW.
>> ONIOMANIA, I THOUGHT WE WERE
TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN
ONION SHOP.
IT'S NOT.
>> AND THE WORD MEANS.
>> IRVISIBLE URGE TO BUY THINGS.
IT'S A SHOPPING ADDICTION.
>> YOU HAVE TO BUY THINGS.
DESCRIBE THE SHOP.
>> I HAVE HANDMADE THINGS BY
ABOUT 40 DIFFERENT ARTISTS IN
THE AREA AND I BUY OTHER THINGS
THAT I FIND INTERESTING.
>> ARE YOU AN ARTIST.
>> I HAVE LITTLE THINGS I MAKE
THAT ARE PENDANTS.
>> IS THIS A STAMP?
>> THAT'S A REAL STAMP.
AND SOME ARE REALLY OLD.
>> AS FAR AS WHAT YOU HAVE HERE,
DOES IT ROTATE A LOT?
>> ARTISTS ARE ALWAYS BRINGING
NEW THINGS IN, I'M ALWAYS TRYING
TO FIND NEW THINGS HERE AND
THERE.
>> THESE ARE FUN.
>> THAT'S USUALLY WHAT THE MEN
DO IN THE STORE, WHEN THEIR
LADIES ARE LOOKING AROUND.
10 MINUTES READING MAGNETS AND
I'LL BE IN THE CAR.
THEN I REMEMBER WHAT THE WIVES
WERE LOOKING AT, SO WHEN THEY
COME BACK, IT WAS LIKE WHAT WAS
MY WIFE LOOKING AT.
>> OH, GEEZ.
I BET THERE'S A BUSINESS IN
THAT.
>> SO IT'S RECORDS, SO YOU HAVE
SOME RECORDS.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF RECORDS.
IN FACT, A MAJORITY OF OUR MUSIC
SALES COME FROM VINYL RATHER
THAN C.D.'S.
>> I'M SURPRISED AT THAT.
>> IT'S REALLY MAKING A
COMEBACK.
WITH THE ADVENT OF ITUNES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO
PURCHASE PHYSICAL MEDIA WANT
ART.
>> SO YOU SEE, IT'S NOT JUST A
BLACK DISC, IT'S PICTURE DISCS.
>> WHEN WAS THAT?
>> 1978.
THEY WANT THE RECORDS, THEY WANT
TO HAVE THE BIG THING.
>> THE BAY CITY ROLLERS.
>> ARE THEY STILL MAKING
RECORDS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE NICE THING ABOUT NEW RELEASE
VINYL, THEY GIVE YOU THE RECORD
THAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO ON YOUR
TURNTABLE AND THEY ALSO GIVE YOU
HAVE A LITTLE SLIP, WITH
DOWNLOAD CODES SO YOU HAVE IT IN
BOTH FORMATS.
>> THAT'S SMART.
IS IT ALL USED PRODUCTS?
>> IT'S A MIXTURE OF NEW AND
USED PRODUCTS, WE DEAL WITH
ELECTRONICS, TV, COMPUTER
REPAIR, STEREO, INSTRUMENTS,
PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE GAMUT OF
THING.
WE'RE A CERTIFIED MICROSOFT
REFURBISHER, SO WHAT THAT DOES,
WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
MICROSOFT, WE HAVE THE ABILITY
TO RESELL AND FIX THE COMPUTERS
THAT PEOPLE BRING TO US.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR FOOD.
>> OH SURE.
>> WHO CAME UP WITH THE MENU.
>> WE BOTH DID.
PRETTY MUCH, WE'RE BOTH
MEXICANS, SO THE CORE OF THE
MENU IS MEXICAN CONTEMPORARY,
SOME TRADITIONAL DISHES AND WE
FEATURE LATIN AMERICAN DISHES.
ONE OF OUR MOST FAMOUS DISHES IS
FROM ECUADOR.
>> AT THE TIME WHEN WE OPENED,
THERE WERE ONLY MEXICAN
RESTAURANTS, SO WE DECIDED TO
BRING DIFFERENT DISHES FROM
SOUTH AMERICA, OVER HERE, WE
HAVE IMPANADAS FROM COLOMBIA.
>> WHO IS YOUR CLIENT, WHO SHOWS
UP?
>> PEOPLE -- WE GET PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER THE PLACE, WE HAVE THE
LOCALS, WE HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING
FROM MEQUON, FROM CHICAGO, ALL
THE WAY FROM MADISON.
YOU NAME IT, THEY COME.
>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR CREATIONS.
HERE AT THE RESTAURANT.
IT'S A FAMILY RECIPE ACTUALLY,
AND YOU KNOW, WE PUT OTHER OWN
TWIST TO IT.
IT'S TOMATO, YELLOW BELL PEPPERS
AND JABEREROS, IT'S A PULLED
PORK.
>> THAT'S GOOD AND HAS A KICK.
>> YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN 76th
76th STREET THROUGH WEST ALLIS
AND SEEN THIS BUILDING.
IT'S ICONIC IN WEST ALLIS.
LOOK WHAT WHEN WE FOUND.
WEST ALLIS, LANDMARK NUMBER
THREE.
WE FOUND ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
THAT IS JUST ABOUT ENOUGH.
>> WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT YOU
TO WORK, JOHN.
>> THIS IS GOOD.
OH, JOHN RUPENA GAVE YOU A COAT.
HEY, THAT'S A START.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE A COAT?
>> THEY DON'T HAVE A COAT.
LOOK IT.
>> I'M GOING TO PRESUME I KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING AND I THINK WHAT
I'M GOING TO DO IS NOW TAKE ON A
CUSTOMER.
WHAT ARE YOU HAVING TODAY?
>> IF YOU MADE A SANDWICH AND
COME TO A DELI, HOW SHOULD YOU
GET YOUR DELI MEAT.
>> YOU HAVE IT SLICED VERY VERY
THIN.
THE THINNER THE BETTER AND YOU
LACE IS ON YOUR SANDWICH.
YOU DON'T WANT IT PACKED DOWN.
>> I SEE YOU LOOKING AT THE
OLIVES.
DO YOU WANT TO TRY ONE?
>> MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY KNOWS
YOUR GROCERY STORE.
>> YES.
I WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND IT
FURTHER THAN THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET OUT.
HAVE PEOPLE REALLY COME TO US,
BECAUSE WE ARE -- WE'RE GOOD.
WE'RE THE -- THAT'S THE ONLY
PLACE WE SHOP.
>> WHAT ARE YOU KNOWN FOR, YOUR
MEAT?
>> OUR MEAT.
IT'S CUT TO YOUR LIKING,
SPECIALTY, FRESH EVERY DAY, YOUR
GROUND BEEF IS GRINDED, I MEAN,
FRESH, FRESH, FRESH.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAYS
WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO DO THE TAR
TAR, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT
WE ARE THIS LITTLE STORE, BUT WE
ARE SO MUCH MORE.
WE'RE SO MUCH MORE AND I REALLY
FEEL THAT.
AND I WISH PEOPLE WOULD GIVE US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM
WHAT WE HAVE.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANKS FOR SHOPPING WITH US.
COME BACK.
I DON'T WORK ON TUESDAYS.
>> WEST ALLIS, BUILT ON
INDUSTRY, SURVIVES ON COMMUNITY,
STILL WORKING.
>> YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO TELL
US WHY WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN, IS
THE BEST PLATES IN THE WORLD, --
PLACE IN THE WORLD TO LIVE, WORK
AND PLAYER, AN MAYOR, START NOW.
>> IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO
THAT WE WERE NAMED AS THE THIRD
RUNNERUP TO RAISE A FAMILY IN
WISCONSIN.
WE HAVE EXCELLENT SCHOOLS, AN
AFFORDABLE DIVERSE HOUSING
STOCK, WE HAVE A LOT OF
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, REC
DEPARTMENT OFFERS ACTIVITIES FOR
YOUNG CHILDREN, ALL THE WAY UP
TO SENIORS, THEY HAVE GREAT
SCHOOLS, WE HAVE THE HOME TO THE
WISCONSIN STATE FAIR, WHICH GOES
ON OBVIOUSLY IN AUGUST, BUT WE
HAVE EVENTS AT THE EXPO CENTER
YEAR-ROUND, WE HAVE HANDS DOWN
THE GREATEST FARMERS MARKET IN
THE SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN
AREA --
>> OK.
MAYOR, THAT'S ABOUT ENOUGH NOW,
OK, MAYOR?
WHERE DO THE ANIMALS FIT IN?
>> LATER, AFTER YOU'VE EATEN.
>> 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 HAS BEEN PAID POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN GREENDALE, THE NORMAN
ROCKWELL-LIKE VILLAGE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE.
100,000 HOLIDAY LIGHTS FRAMING
THE HISTORIC STORE FRONTS IN
WINTER, 35,000 FLOWERS BLOOMING
BIG TIME IN SUMMER.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL YEAR-ROUND.
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO SEE
GREENDALE.
>> I LOVE DOING THIS SHOW, AND
THE SHOW WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE
WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF
VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE CAST AND THE
CREW OF "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH
JOHN McGIVERN, THANK YOU.