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WELCOME AROUND THE CORNER WITH
JOHN MCGIVERN AND VIEWERS LIKE
YOU WHO SUPPORT MILWAUKEE PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
WE ARE GRATEFUL.
>> 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 SHOCKE FUND.
>> AROUND THE CORNER WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN GREENDALE.
THE HISTORIC NORMAN ROCKWELL
VILLAGE IN MILWAUKEE.
35,000 FLOWERS BLOOMING BIG TIME
IN SUMMER.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL YEAR-ROUND.
YOU JUST GOT TO SEE GREENDALE.
>> I AM IN THE MOST SOUTHEAST
COUNTY IN THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
I AM IN DOWNTOWN KENOSHA.
>> WE'RE AT THE KENOSHA PUBLIC
LIBRARY AND I KNOW WHY WE'RE
HERE.
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE GURDA DOESN'T
KNOW ABOUT KENOSHA SO I BET HE'S
IN THE LIBRARY --
>> HELLO JOHN.
>> I DIDN'T SAY A WORD.
WE'RE IN KENOSHA.
>> WE ARE.
>> LOVELY CITY.
>> IT REALLY IS.
>> I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
>> REALLY A NICE DISTRICT.
SOME OF THE GREATEST OLDER
BUILDINGS IN SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN.
THE CITY GOES BACK TO 1835 AND
IT CAME TO LIFE LIKE ALL THE
OTHER LAKESHORE TOWNS FROM
CHICAGO UP TO ALGEORGE KENNAN
MA, THEY FOUND A -- ALGOMA,
RIVER, THE HARBOR WAS IMPORTANT,
AND THEY CALLED THEMSELVES
UNDERLINING THAT POINT, SOUTH
POINT, BECAUSE THIS WAS THE
SOUTHERN PORT IN WISCONSIN.
>> AS FAR SOUTH AS YOU CAN GET.
>> IT SURE WAS.
AND THAT LASTED UNTIL 1850, AND
THEY NAMED IS KENOSHA, WHICH IS
AATE HE AMERICAN WORD FOR PIKE.
>> THERE WERE NO RAILROADS.
>> NOT YET.
>> BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED
FROM YOU, THROUGH THE COURSE OF
ALL OF THIS, IT WAS ALWAYS THE
WATER AND THEN BECAME THE
RAILROADS.
>> RAILROADS REPLACED RIVERS.
SO THEY WERE A GOOD PORT,
EXPORTING ABOUT A MILLION
BUSHELS A WEEK BY 1855 BUT THEY
WERE REALLY NOT MUCH OF A
COMPETITOR WITH RACINE OR
MILWAUKEE OR CHICAGO.
THEY HAD A TOO SMALL CAPACITY
HERE IN THE HARBOR, SO THEY HAD
TO REINVENT THEMSELVES AND WHAT
THEY DID WAS TURNED TO
MANUFACTURING.
LATER 1800'S, AND THERE WERE
THREE COMPANIES HERE THAT HAD
HIGH PROFILES, ONE ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS LIBRARY AND THAT WAS
THE SIMMONS MATTRESS COMPANY.
COMPANY.
IN 1870, HE STARTED TO MAKE
MATTRESSES AND IN TIMES, BUILDS
A FACTORY ON THE LAKEFRONT, WHAT
IS THE HARBOR PARK THAT COVERED
FIVE SQUARE BLOCKS, SO IT WAS A
MAJOR EMPLOYER HERE AND IN 1900,
HE BUILT THIS LIBRARY AS A
MEMORIAL TO HIS SON GILBERT, WHO
DIED AS A YOUNG MAN.
DANIEL BRITMAN FROM CHICAGO,
WORLD CLASS ARCHITECT DESIGNED
THIS.
JUST A REAL JEWEL LIBRARY
FACILITY.
>> HERE AT THE LIBRARY SQUARE.
>> ANOTHER COMPANY WAS STARTED
BY METHODIST MINISTER NAMED
SAMUEL COOPER, MADE STOCKINGS
FOR LUMBERMEN AND GOT INTO THE
UNDERWEAR BUSINESS, CALLED IT
COOPER UNDERWEAR AND THEY HAD
UNION SUITS.
SO THAT WAS THEIR STOCK AND
TRADE.
THEN IN 1934, COOPER INVENTS THE
BRIEF, AND THEY --
>> TIDY WHITIES.
>> IT WAS BORN HERE.
AND THAT BECAME JOCKEY
INTERNATIONAL.
>> WHICH IS STILL HERE.
>> STILL HERE.
STILL HEADQUARTERED HERE.
>> THE THIRD.
>> THE THIRD ONE WAS NASH, AND
THAT GOES BACK TO A BICYCLE
MAKER NAMED THOMAS JEFFREY, HE
MADE A RAMBLER BICYCLE.
CHARLES NASH BOUGHT HIS COMPANY
BACK IN 1916 AND MADE RAMBLER
AUTOMOBILES.
HE WAS ONE OF THE BIG FOUR AND
THE ONLY ONE THAT WASN'T IN
DETROIT AND HE HAD AT ONE TIME
13,000 EMPLOYEES RIGHT HERE IN
KENOSHA, BIG PLANT ON THE WEST
SIDE AND HE TOOK OVER WHAT WAS
THE SIMMONS PLANT ON THE
LAKEFRONT.
AGAIN, HARBOR PARK, THAT WAS
HUGE AS WELL.
>> AND WHEN DID THAT ALL --
>> THEY WERE MAKING CHRYSLER
BOUGHT THEM, CHRYSLER BOUGHT
AMERICAN MOTORS, WHICH WAS A
MERGER OF HUDSON AND NASH BACK
IN 1954 AND 2010 IS WHEN AT THE
CEASED PRODUCTION HERE.
>> OK.
NOW WHAT IS IT?
IT'S STILL --
>> NOW IT'S A REAL MIX OF
THINGS.
MANUFACTURING IS LARGELY GONE
AND THEY REALLY HAVE BENEFITED
BY THEIR PROXIMITY TO CHICAGO.
THIS IS THE LAST STOP ON THE
METRO LINE, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE
LIVE IN DOWNTOWN KENOSHA, AND
WORK IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.
>> AND WE WERE TALKING BEFORE,
THE POPULATION HERE IS?
>> ABOUT 99,218, AND THEY
PROBABLY CRACKED 100,000 BY NOW.
>> THEY HAVE.
>> THEY'RE GROWING, AND THEY
HAVE SINCE 1990, GROWN BY ABOUT
25%, WHICH IS IT HUGE.
IN THIS REGION OF THE WORLD.
>> YEAH.
>> A LOT OF THAT IS CHICAGO.
>> WHAT ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF
KENOSHA.
>> VERY IRREGULAR.
24 SQUARE MILES, RUNS FROM THE
LAKE OVER TO I-94, A PATCH WORK,
ESPECIALLY AS YOU GO WEST.
>> IT'S A PRETTY TOWN.
>> RELLY IS AND ENJOYED COMING
DOWN HERE.
>> AND YOU KNEW YOUR STUFF.
>> LIBRARIES HELP EVERYWHERE.
>> SEE.
I TOLD YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> YOU TOO, JOHN.
>> SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANKS.
>> WE ARE ON THE SCISSORS LIFT
AND WE'RE HERE AT THE AROUND THE
CORNER CONSTRUCTION SITE.
AND THIS IS THE SCISSORS LIFT,
SO GUESS WHAT IT DOES.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
THIS IS WHAT IT DOES.
IT LIFTS.
>> WE ARE MACHINE REMOVERS AND
STEEL ERECTORS.
WE SPECIALIZE IN RELOCATING
FACTORIES.
SO IT COULD BE 10 FEET, IT COULD
BE ACROSS TOWN, IT COULD BE TO
OUR WAREHOUSE.
>> THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FORKLIFT.
>> THIS IS A FORKLIFT.
>> IT'S A SMALL FORKLIFT.
>> IT'S 2.5 TONS.
>> DID YOU START THIS COMPANY?
>> I STARTED THIS COMPANY IN
2004, BUT THAT WAS AFTER MY
FATHER RETIRED.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
>> THIS IS A CRANE.
I'M A THIRD GENERATION
CONTRACTOR.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN EXCAVATOR,
MY DAD WAS BOTH AN EXCAVATOR AND
WAS IN MACHINE REMOVING AND
ERECTING, AND HERE WE ARE.
>> I THINK THIS IS ABOUT A
10-TON.
>> OH MY GOSH.
NOTHING SLOW ABOUT YOU, JOHN.
>> BUT THESE ARE YOUR ROOTS
RIGHT HERE, IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> DO YOU HAVE BROTHERS AND
SISTERS WHO STILL LIVE IN
KENOSHA.
>> I DO.
I COME FROM A SUPER LARGE
FAMILY.
>> LARGE ITALIAN FAMILY.
>> 300 OF US, JUST IN MY
IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
>> ALMOST.
>> RIGHT.
>> NO, I HAVE SEVEN BROTHERS AND
SISTERS, AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM
ARE LIVING HERE, BUT WE'RE ALL
IN THE AREA.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK FOR THIS
COMPANY?
>> ABOUT 20.
>> 20.
>> YES.
>> RIGHT HERE IN THIS COLUMBUS
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> RIGHT.
WELL, WE SERVE THE MIDWEST.
I MEAN, WE WORK IN ILLINOIS, AND
WISCONSIN.
>> SEE, THERE'S A REASON THAT
I'M AN ACTOR AND LIKE A LITTLE
HOST OF A TV SHOW, JUST SO YOU
KNOW.
DO I LOOK SWEATY?
I HATE THE FACT THAT MY PANTS
ARE DIRTY AND MY SHIRT IS NOW
WRINKLED.
I HATE THAT PART OF THIS KIND OF
WORK.
I DO.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF HOW THESE ENDED UP IN
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
>> WELL, IN ABOUT 2000, THEY
WERE REDEVELOPING THE DOWNTOWN
HERE, AND PART OF THE PLAN WAS
TO PUT TOGETHER A LOOP WITH
STREET CARS ON IT TO TIE IT
ALTOGETHER.
>> GAS OR --
>> ELECTRICITY.
IT'S ALL -- THESE ARE ELECTRIC
CARS, THESE WERE DESIGNED IN THE
LATE 1930'S.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO FIX
THESE THINGS?
WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DO YOU KNOW
HOW TO DO IT.
>> I'VE BEEN A MECHANIC ALL MY
LIFE.
>> IF YOU NEED A PART?
>> A LOT OF THEM YOU HAVE TO
MAKE.
>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE,
MANUFACTURE.
>> WE ACTUALLY -- WE HAVE THEM
MADE, WE MODIFY SOMETHING THAT'S
CLOSE, THE DOORS ARE ON ALL
THESE CARS, WERE MADE IN THIS
SHOP BY ME WITH A CIRCULAR SAW
AND A ROUTER.
>> WHAT'S RIDER SHIP LIKE IN THE
CITY?
>> ABOUT 60,000 A YEAR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT RIDE EVERY
DAY.
>> IT'S A BUCK FOR AN ADULT.
>> A BUCK FOR AN ADULT.
5 CENTS FOR FIVE 12-YEAR-OLDS, 4
AND UNDER FREE.
>> SO YOU'RE CATERING TO THE
VISITOR, YOU'RE CATERING TO
SOMEONE -- THEY SHOULD COME HERE
AND JUST TAKE THE TRIP.
>> YES.
>> WE ARE IN DOWNTOWN KENOSHA,
AT THE JOCKEY FACTORY STORE.
WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER THE
AGE-OLD QUESTION.
BRIEFS OR BOXERS?
>> HOW DID JOCKEY END UP HERE IN
KENOSHA?
>> WE STARTED HERE IN 1893.
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A SOCK
MANUFACTURER IN FACT.
GREAT WOOL SOCKS.
BUT SOON THERE AFTER, THEY
DISCOVERED A NEW MARKET, MEN'S
UNDERWEAR AND BEGAN DOING THAT
EVER SINCE, JOCKEY HAS BEEN
RIGHT HERE IN KENOSHA.
>> SINCE 1893.
>> YES.
>> THAT'S CALLED A COMMITMENT.
>> YOU CAN SAY THAT.
YOU CAN SAY THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOW PART OF THE SOCIAL
FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE JOCKEY BEING
ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> JOCKEY IS NOT JUST UNDERWEAR
AND SOCKS.
>> WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR
EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE THE BOXERS, ***, WE
HAVE STUFF CALLED STAY COOL THAT
WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR
ASTRONAUTS TO REGULATE BODY
TEMPERATURE AND A HUGE LINE OF
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S PRODUCTS.
ALWAYS COMFORTABLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE FASHIONABLE,
CUTE, FUN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
COMFORTABLE.
IT'S GOING RIGHT THERE.
WE GO FOR COMFORT.
>> BE COMFORT IF IT'S RIGHT
THERE.
THAT IS PERFECT.
>> WE ARE AT KENOSHA TRADITION
WITH CHRIS AT TENUTA'S.
IT FEELS VERY ITALIAN TO ME AND
MAYBE THAT'S --
>> QUITE A FEW ITALIANS IN
KENOSHA.
>> IS THERE?
YOU HAVE A DELI, BAKERY.
WHAT'S REALLY POPULAR.
>> WE MAKE OUR ITALIAN SAUSAGE
HOMEMADE, WE MAKE PIZZAS, FRESH
PIZZAS THAT THEY TAKE HOME AND
BAKE.
NUTS, OILS, VINEGARS, PASTA, WE
HAVE A LARGE COLLECTION OF
DIFFERENT PASTAS.
>> IN TRUTH, IT'S REALLY
SPECIALTY, A LOT OF THIS IS
SPECIALTY ITEMS.
>> I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT MORE
SO THAN TRY TO BE A CHAIN STORE
AND COMPETE WITH THAT, WITH
GROCERIES.
WE'VE TRIED TO HIT KEY AREAS.
THE BIG -- THE STUFF THE BIG
STORES DON'T WANT TO CARRY.
>> IF I WOULD ASK YOU FOR A JOB.
>> I'M SURE YOU WOULD WORK
REALLY WELL.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME DOING.
>> WHY DON'T YOU MAKE A SANDWICH
OR SOMETHING.
>> HERE WE GO, MUFFO-LOTTA.
CROCKETTS.
>> CROCKETTS?
>> YES.
>> I AM SALIVATING.
>> THIS IS PEPPERONI, LETTUCE,
DRESSING.
>> THIS FEEDS FOUR?
>> YES.
>> WHAT MAKES THIS A
SCANDINAVIAN BAKERY?
>> ALL OF OUR RECIPES ARE EITHER
FAMILY RECIPES, MY GRANDPA WAS
BORN IN SWEDEN, KIM'S FAMILY IS
VERY NORWEGIAN.
>> HENCE, SCANDINAVIAN.
>> YES.
>> THE MAJORITY OF THINGS OF
SWEETISH AND DANISH.
>> ON THE END, TELL ME WHAT THAT
IS, BECAUSE THAT'S MY FAVORITE
LOOKING THING SO FAR.
>> THAT'S OUR BACON, ONION
MUFFIN AND HAS CHEDDAR CHEESE,
CREAM CHEESE, PARSLEY, FROSTING.
>> IT'S NOT SWEET.
>> YES.
>> YOU TELL ME THAT CREAM PUFF
IS SAVORY, I'M GOING TO DIE.
>> NONE OF THE SCANDINAVIAN
TREATS ARE REALLY SUGARY, SO IT
IS SWEET, BUT IT'S NOT SWEET
LIKE THE WISCONSIN CREAM PUFF.
>> NORWEGIAN PEOPLE COME IN AND
SAY OH MY GOSH, IT'S WHAT I
KNEW.
>> YES.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I LOVE MY JOB!
YUM!
>> SO I WALK THROUGH THE STORE,
IT ALMOST FEELS PERSONAL.
IT'S LIKE THEY KNEW I WAS
COMING.
>> HEY.
PERSONAL.
FOR ME.
>> SO THESE STORES OPENED WHEN?
>> 1911.
>> 1911.
>> THIS IS THEIR NEW LOCATION.
WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 90 YEARS.
>> THIS NEW PLACE SEEMS NICE.
>> SO YEARS AGO IT WAS CIGARS,
TOBACCO, CANDY, WHAT ELSE?
>> AND THEN, I THINK IN 1918, HE
ADDED ICE CREAM.
AND THEN IT BECAME AN ICE CREAM
PARLOR.
>> ALL THE BEST THINGS ON EARTH.
>> ALL THE STUFF SOUNDS REALLY
GOOD SO FAR.
>> IT IS CERTAINLY UNUSUAL
MIXTURE OF MERCHANDISE, AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVOLUTION
AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR
CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE'RE A DESTINATION AND OUR
CUSTOMERS COME FROM ALL OVER
KENOSHA COUNTY, RACINE, NORTHERN
ILLINOIS.
>> KIDS COME IN WITH THEIR
GRANDPARENTS AND THOSE
GRANDPARENTS CAME IN WITH THEIR
PARENTS, AND IT'S AN AMAZING
HISTORY.
>> WHAT KIND IS THIS?
>> MOCHA MALT.
>> OK.
DON'T GET MAD AT ME SCOTT.
HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE, I DON'T
KNOW, I DON'T WORK HERE.
>> YOUR DAD IS TALENTED.
DO YOU HELP HIM WITH THAT STUFF?
>> NO.
>> YOU SHOULD.
>> HOW DOES A YOUNG COUPLE LIKE
YOU END UP IN KENOSHA FROM
CHICAGO?
>> WHEN OUR OLDEST SON WAS READY
FOR KINDERGARTEN, WE DECIDED
WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO
LEAVE CHICAGO, SO LET'S GO SEE
WHAT KIND OF QUALITY OF LIFE
WISCONSIN HAS.
>> WHEN WE HIT THIRD AVENUE AND
SAW THE LAKE, WE KNEW THIS IS
NOT ONLY THE CITY WE WANTED TO
LIVE IN, THIS IS THE BLOCK WE
WANTED TO LIVE ON.
>> WITH YOU TALK ABOUT LIVING IN
KENOSHA?
>> FOR ME PERSONALLY IT TOOK A
WHILE TO ADJUST, LIVING IN
CHICAGO FOR SO LONG, I LOVE THE
LATE SHOPPING, I COULD GET
WHENEVER I WANTED AND FIND
SOMEONE OPEN, COMING TO KENOSHA,
WE HAD TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND
SLOW THINGS DOWN.
>> THIS LOCATION AS WELL IS SO
CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, THAT IT GIVES
US WHAT WE HAD IN CHICAGO.
WE WERE STILL VERY CLOSE TO THE
URBAN AREA HERE.
>> AND ALL OF THIS IS REALLY NOW
CONSIDERED HOME TO YOU.
IS LIKE A -- THAT'S HUGE.
>> YES.
HOME AND VACATION.
MY KIDS, WE WALK ALONG THE LAKE
AND MY SON ROBERT, HE IS 9, WILL
HE OFTEN OUT OF NOWHERE SAY MOM,
IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE ON VACATION
AND IT REALLY DOES.
SOMETIMES PICTURES ON OUR BEACH
LOOK JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS
PICTURES ON MAUI, SO IT'S PRETTY
AMAZING.
>> WE ARE RIGHT NEAR THE LAKE ON
WHAT USED TO BE THE AMC PLANT
GROUNDS.
IT'S NOW KENOSHA HARBOR.
AND THESE ARE HARBOR PARK
CONDOMINIUMS, AND WE'RE HERE
WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
THIS IS LEO AND ERIKA.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
>> GOOD.
>> THANKS FOR TALKING TO US.
THE HISTORY OF THIS IS THAT IT
USED TO BE THE AMC, LIKE, CAR
MANUFACTURER PLANT.
>> YES.
>> RIGHT ON THESE GROUNDS, ON
THE LAKE.
WHAT'S IT LIKE LIVING HERE?
>> IT'S GREAT.
THE CONVENIENCE OF EVERYTHING IS
REALLY NICE, HAVING PLACES TO
EAT, TOY STORES FOR YOUR KID.
IT'S GREAT.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE.
>> ARE YOUR PARENTS STILL IN
THIS AREA.
>> YES.
LIKE TYPICAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SEEN A LOT AND BEEN AROUND A
LONG TIME, THEY KIND OF
REMINISCE ABOUT THE OLD DAYS.
>> YEAH.
>> AND WHAT DOWNTOWN WAS BACK IN
ITS HEYDAY, REVITALIZATION,
THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I KNOW MY DAD MAKES COMMENTS
ABOUT BUYING A HOME DOWN HERE,
EVEN THOUGH HE HAS ONE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE.
>> HE'D LIKE TO.
>> HE WOULD LIKE TO JUST BUY A
CONDO HERE TOO.
>> SEVEN MILES FROM HOME.
>> JUST HAVE A PLACE TO STAY, SO
CLOSE.
>> THAT KIND OF SAYS IT ALL,
DOESN'T IT?
>> YEAH.
>> WE ARE IN THE KENOSHA HARBOR,
WE'RE IN THE RED LIGHTHOUSE,
WITH THE OWNER, JOHN.
>> THE OWNER OF THE LIGHTHOUSE.
>> WHO OWNS A LIGHTHOUSE.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN.
>> WELL, THE GOVERNMENT WAS
SELLING OFF SURPLUS THINGS, AND
THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.
THE COAST GUARD STILL MAINTAINS
THE LIGHT AS A NAVIGATIONAL
BEACON.
>> OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE
COMMUNICATING WITH US NOW.
>> IT'S GOING OFF RIGHT NOW,
YEP.
>> DID YOU KNOW THIS PIER
GROWING UP?
>> OH, YEAH.
I GREW UP IN TOWN, AND I LEARNED
HOW TO SAIL IN THE HARBOR AND I
FISHED OFF THE PIER WHEN I WAS A
KID AND I'D RIDE MY BIKE DOWN
HERE AT 5:00 A.M., FISHING
BEFORE SCHOOL.
YEAH.
THIS IS KIND OF WHERE I FELL IN
LOVE WITH LAKE MICHIGAN.
THE FACT THAT YOUR ART IS BASED
ON REALLY WHAT YOU SEE OUT THIS
WINDOW, AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU
BOUGHT THIS, YOUR ART WAS BASED
ON THAT, I THINK THIS IS A
PERFECT FIT FOR YOU AND WHAT YOU
DO.
DON'T YOU THINK?
>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
>> I MOSTLY DO SEA SCAPES AND
MARINE ART, THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT
OF THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEAT TO
DO IT IN A LIGHTHOUSE.
>> IT'S KIND OF PERFECT.
COME ON.
>> I'M JUST HAPPY IT'S NEAR THE
WATER.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS AREA
THAT WE'RE STANDING ON RIGHT
HERE TODAY AND WHAT THIS USED TO
BE AND HOW IT BECAME WHAT IT IS.
>> INITIALLY, THIS WAS AN I OLD
FACTORY SITE.
YOU HAD CHRYSLER CORPORATION ON
HERE, BEFORE THAT IT WAS
AMERICAN MOTORS.
BACK IN 1988, CHRYSLER MADE A
DECISION TO CLOSE THIS FACILITY.
>> IF I STOOD HERE IN 1992, WHAT
WOULD I SEE?
>> IT WAS ALL RUBBLE, IT WAS
FENCED IN, IT WAS AN AREA THAT
WAS NOT APPEALING FOR ANYONE TO
COME INTO AND IT WAS CLOSED OFF,
NO ONE COULD COME INTO IT.
IN 1994, WE MADE -- THE CITY
MADE THE DECISION TO TAKE THE
SITE AND START TO CLEAN IT UP
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST BROWN
FIELD SITES IN THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
WE PUT OUR PRESOURCES IN TO IT
AND NOW YOU HAVE A SITE THAT HAS
OVER $100 MILLION IN VALUE TO
IT.
>> TODAY, WHAT'S STANDING HERE.
>> THERE ARE FOUR MUSEUMS ON THE
SITE.
>> THE CIVIL WAR MUSEUM, NATURAL
HISTORY MUSEUM.
>> DINOSAUR MUSEUM AND THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
HOME ARE SURPRISED WHEN THEY GET
HERE HAS TO ALL THE THINGS WE
HAVE GOING ON AND ALL THE
EXCITING THINGS GOING ON.
>> THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY I THINK
IS STILL THE SECOND LARGEST
ETHNIC COMMUNITY IN KENOSHA.
THIS IS WHERE THE WORK WARS AND
THAT'S WHY THEY CAME HERE.
>> WE ARE IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF
THIS GREAT BUILDING.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHEN IT WAS
BUILT, WHY IT WAS BUILT.
>> THIS BUILDING OPENED IN THE
FALL OF 1926.
A GROUP OF FIVE DIFFERENT MUTUAL
AID SOCIETIES CAME TOGETHER,
THEY FELT THEY COULD BEST SERVE
THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY BY
UNIFYING AND THIS IS AN ITALIAN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS WAS LIKE
HAVING A LITTLE PIECE OF ITALY
IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD AS A
SAFETY NET.
>> WE'RE SITTING IN THE LOWER
LEVEL IN THE RESTAURANT.
WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A
MEMBER TO -- ANYONE CAN COME
DOWN HERE.
IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
UPSTAIRS IS OUR BALLROOM, THAT'S
WHERE WE HAVE THE WEDDINGS AND
THAT CAN SEAT 400 PEOPLE E. THE
THE FIRST WEDDING RECEPTION WAS
IN JANUARY OF 1927, JUST
HAPPENED TO BE MY GRANDPARENTS.
THEY HAD THE FIRST WEDDING
RECEPTION OUT THERE.
>> NANCY, DIANE, ARE PARTNERS.
DENISE AND I ARE PARTNERS AND
DARLENE IS OUR SENORA, THAT'S
THE TEAM.
NANCY IS FLIPPING THE COIN AND I
GET TO CALL.
GO AHEAD.
I'M CALLING --
>> THAT WASN'T A FLIP!
>> IN ORDER TO PLAY BOCCE, YOU
HAVE TO BE A MEMBER.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER.
>> THAT'S MY PARTNER.
>> SO YOU'VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR
HOW LONG?
>> ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW.
>> DID YOU JOIN TO PLAY BOCCE?
>> YOU KNOW IT.
I HAD TO PULL TEETH, ABOUT 15
PEOPLE SAID THEY WOULD AND I HAD
TO PULL TEETH TO GET 20 PEOPLE
TO PLAY AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO BE
SUCH CLOSE FRIENDS IT'S
WONDERFUL.
AND WE RANGE FROM 40 YEARS OLD
UP TO 83.
BECAUSE IT'S A GAME ANYBODY CAN
PLAY.
>> THE FIRST YEAR, FLORENCE
GIFFORD WON AND SHE WAS 79 YEARS
OLD.
>> FLORENCE WON.
FLORENCE, SAY HI.
>> HI.
>> SO IT'S NOT ONLY FUN LIKE,
GAMEWISE, IT'S REALLY GREAT
SOCIALLY?
>> IT'S GREAT SOCIALLY.
>> NICE, NICE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
US IN HERE AND ALL THE WOMEN.
LOOK, THEY'RE SERIOUS.
SAY HI, GIRLS.
THANK YOU.
>> HI.
>> WHAT'S A VELODROME.
>> BASICALLY, A CLOSED CIRCUIT
TRACK, BUILT SPECIFICALLY JUST
FOR BIKE RACING, THIS TRACK IS
333 METERS, 27-DEGREE BANK, SO
WITH THAT, FIVE LAPS IS
EQUIVALENT TO ONE MILE.
>> HOW MANY VELODROMES ARE IN
THE STATE?
>> THERE'S ABOUT 25 IN THE WHOLE
COUNTRY.
THIS ONE HERE IS THE ONLY ONE IN
THE STATE AND ACTUALLY THE
OLDEST OPERATING VELODROME IN
THE COUNTRY.
>> WHY WHY SHOULD PEOPLE GET
INVOLVED WITH THIS?
>> IT'S GREAT FUN.
IT'S A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE.
THIS PROGRAM IS LIKE A FEEDER
PROGRAM THAT DEVELOPS RIDERS TO
GO INTO THE JUNIOR RANKS,
NATIONAL TEAM, THERE'S ACTUALLY
BEEN AN OLYMPIAN THAT STARTED
HERE RACING ON TUESDAY NIGHTS.
MANY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FROM THE
U.S.
STARTED RACING HERE AT THE
KENOSHA VELODROME.
>> IS THIS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
CAN THEY COME DOWN HERE ON A
SATURDAY MORNING, AND JUST USE
IT?
>> YES.
THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK,
WASHINGTON PARK VELODROME IS
WHAT IT'S REALLY CALLED, IN
WASHINGTON PARK, IN KENOSHA, BUT
IT'S AN OPEN PARK, SO ANYBODY
CAN COME HERE AND RIDE.
>> WHAT'S THE TRICK TO DOING
THIS RIDE?
>> WHAT'S THE TRICK TO DOING THE
RIDE?
STAY UPRIGHT.
>> IS THAT RIGHT?
>> WHAT'S THE TRICK TO BEING A
GOOD VELODROMER?
>> YOU HAVE TO -- USUALLY, YOU
WOULD HAVE TO TRAIN AND TRAIN
FOR YEARS AND STUFF AND I'VE
BEEN RIDING THIS SINCE I WAS 2.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU ANY?
>> 9.
>> SEVEN YEARS.
YOU'RE A VETERAN.
>> MY -- I COME DOWN HERE ALL
THE TIME AND TRAIN.
>> DO YOU LIKE RACING?
>> UH-HUH.
>> DO YOU EVER WIN?
>> I WIN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
I HAVE FUN.
>> COME ON.
SIT.
GOOD BOY.
HERE WE GO.
1, 2, 3.
GET IT!
>> SO WHY ARE WE HERE?
>> WHY IS THIS BUILDING IN
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN?
>> BECAUSE DINOSAURS ARE AWESOME
AND EVERYONE LOVES DINOSAURS.
>> THIS IS A CHICKEN, IT'S A
LITTLE CHICKEN SKELETON.
YEP.
LIKE TODAY --
>> LIKE A MODERN CHICKEN.
>> BIRDS ARE THE ONLY GROUP OF
DINOSAURS THAT ARE STILL AROUND
AND A CHICKEN IS ACTUALLY REX'S
CLOSEST LOOKING RELATIVE.
>> PEOPLE SHOW UP AT THE
BUILDING, WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT
TO SEE.
>> THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
MEAT-EATING DINOSAURS IN THE
COUNTRY.
IT'S GREAT.
IT'S A SMALL MUSEUM BUT WE CRAM
25 OF THESE GIANT DINOSAURS IN
ONE LITTLE ROOM, AND YOU CAN SEE
THEM ON ALL THESE REALLY ACTIVE,
INTERESTING POSES.
>> YOU'LL NOTICE IN OUR MUSEUM,
ALL THE DINOSAURS WALK ON TWO
LEGS AND THAT'S A
CHARACTERISTIC, THAT'S REALLY
BASIC TO THE MEAT-EATING
DINOSAURS.
>> ARE THERE WISCONSIN
DINOSAURS?
>> THERE IS NO DINOSAURS IN
WISCONSIN.
>> EVER?
>> DINOSAURS DID LIVE HERE IN
THE STATE, BUT ALL THE ROCKS AND
FOSSILS WERE PRESERVED IN WERE
DESTROYED DURING THE ICE AGE.
>> DURING THE DAY I RUN IN TO
THINGS THAT I DREAM ABOUT AT
NIGHT, I AM AFRAID FOR ME TODAY.
HELP!
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CIVIL
WAR MUSEUM IN KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN, WHY WOULD IT BE HERE
IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN?
>> MY ANSWER TO THAT IS ALWAYS
THE SIX STATES OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
HERE, INDIANA, MICHIGAN,
ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, IOWA, AN
MINNESOTA, SENT OVER 750,000
MEN.
BEYOND THAT, JUST THE SHEER
AMOUNT OF RAW MATERIALS, THINGS
THAT MADE THE BULLETS, THE
CANNONS, THE WEAPONS.
MUCH OF THAT CAME OUT OF THE
UPPER MIDWEST, SO IT'S NOT JUST
A STORY ABOUT NUMBERS, AND MEN,
BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT COMMUNITIES
AND RAW MATERIALS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
IF YOU'RE FROM ONE OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES, YOUR COMMUNITY
PROBABLY SENT MEN OFF TO SERVE,
AND THAT YOU HAVE A PART IN THIS
WAR WHEN YOU GO HOME, MAYBE
YOU'LL PICK UP A HISTORY BOOK
AND READ MORE ABOUT IT.
>> I LOVE THAT YOU TAKE THE
STORY THAT IS SO HUGE AND SO BIG
AND YOU BRING IT SO PERSONAL,
THAT NOT ONLY I FROM WISCONSIN,
BUT THE WHOLE UPPER MIDWEST CAN
COME AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT
OUR CONTRIBUTION WAS.
>> RIGHT.
IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE.
IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE AND PEOPLE'S
STORIES.
>> THIS IS A CHARTER FISHING
BOAT, THEY INVITED ME OUT 430
HAMM.
I SAID NO.
THEY'RE COMING BACK 10:00 A.M.
WITH A BOAT FULL OF FISH.
LET'S GO TALK TO THEM.
>> HOW MANY FISH DID THEY GET?
>> WE HAD SUSTAIN FISH TODAY.
PRETTY GOOD -- 17 FISH TODAY.
GOOD CATCH.
STEEL HEADS, A FEW COHOS.
>> THESE GUYS WERE HAPPY.
>> THEY WERE VERY HAPPY.
>> DO THEY PUT UP A FIGHT WHEN
YOU'RE CATCHING THEM?
>> OH, YEAH.
BIG FIGHT.
>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
>> LOT OF FUN.
>> YOU'VE DONE THIS TWICE,
YOU'VE COME BACK WITH A DOZEN OR
SO BIG FISH AND YOU DON'T HAVE
TO CLEAN THEM?
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> DO YOU WANT TO CLEAN THEM?
>> NO.
>> I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU NUTS.
SO YOU DON'T CLEAN THEM, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, THEY
GIVE YOU YOUR FISH TO TAKE HOME.
>> JOHN, THERE'S NOTHING BETTER
THAN FRESH FISH, JUST CAUGHT.
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.
>> AND HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN YOU
HANDLE?
>> SIX IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE ON THE BOAT.
>> WE ALWAYS LIKE TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYBODY CATCHES FISH.
WE'RE DEPENDENT ON REPEAT
BUSINESS AND PEOPLE COMING BACK
AND WE WANT TO TREAT THEM REALLY
GOOD AND MAKE SURE THEY CATCH
FISH, WE DO A GOOD JOB OF
COMMUNICATING BACK-AND-FORTH
FROM ONE CHARTER BOAT TO
ANOTHER.
IF WE'RE NOT ON FISH, WE CAN
CALL SOMEBODY AND SAY LOOK, ARE
YOU GUYS DOING ANY BETTER HERE,
WE'VE HAD THIS MANY BITES IN THE
LAST HALF-HOUR.
IF THEY'RE GETTING MORE BITES,
WE'LL MOVE MOUTH A LITTLE DEEPER
IN KIND OF THAT SAME AREA, SO WE
ALL KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
>> SALMON, FRESH, TODAY.
RIGHT OUT OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
>> SO YOU COME FROM ILLINOIS TO
DO ALL YOUR PLAYING, AND YOUR
VACATION IN THIS WONDERFUL STATE
OF WISCONSIN.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> GOOD.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT'S KIND OF REMARKABLE.
IT'S SENSORY OVERLOAD A LITTLE
BIT.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> THIS IS SUCH A COOL SHOT IN
DOWNTOWN KENOSHA.
>> JOHN, RIGHT HERE.
>> I LOVE THAT IT'S A WORLD AND
FREE MUSEUM AND GIFT SHOP.
WHAT DO YOU SELL BIG?
>> HAWAIIAN SHIRTS.
>> THIS I THINK IS SPECIFIC.
>> WE'VE GOT A MESSAGE GOING
HERE TOO, YOU KNOW.
>> WE JUST HAVE FUN.
WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN HERE AND WE
LIKE TO BE A LITTLE
ENTERTAINING, AND PEOPLE ENJOY
IT.
>> BUT THEN YOU KNOW, OVER HERE,
YOU HAVE YOUR TYPICAL, YOU KNOW,
CONSERVATIVE, JUST REGULAR SOUP.
>> PERFECT.
>> THOSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT ARE
AMERICAN MADE, DOWN IN MISSOURI.
PATENT PLASTIC.
>> WE GO TO VEGAS TWICE A YEAR
TO FIND TREASURE LIKE THIS.
>> OH MY LORD.
AND IT SEEMS TO FIT.
>> THIS BOY LOOKS 10 YEARS
YOUNGER.
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
>> I WOULD SAY PERFECT.
>> FULL SERVICE MEN'S CLOTHING,
BUT IF YOU CAN FIND A MORE
UNIQUE CLOTHING STORE AND
TUX, IWANT TO GO THERE AND SHAKR
HANDS.
>> THAT WAS KENOSHA.
I NEVER HAD AN IDEA WITH AN
INDUSTRIAL PAST COULD TRANSFORM
INTO SUCH GROWTH.
THIS IS THE MAYOR, YOU HAVE 30
SECONDS TO TELL US WHY KENOSHA
WISCONSIN IS THE BEST PLACE IN
THE WORLD TO LIVE, WORK AND
PLAY, AN MAYOR, YOU CAN START
NOW.
>> WELL, OUTSIDE OF HAVING A
GREAT MAYOR, AND A WONDERFUL
WORKFORCE HERE IN KENOSHA, I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT OUR 70 ACRES OR SO OF
LAKEFRONT PARKS, PUBLIC
ACCESSIBILITY, MUSIC, FREE AND
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALMOST EVERY
NIGHT OF THE WEEK DOWN HERE AT
THE LAKEFRONT SOMEWHERE.
FESTIVALS, ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND
DURING THE SUMMER, AND JUST I
THINK A GREAT COMMUNITY TO LIVE
AND WORK.
>> YEAH.
>> PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY HERE.
>> 4, 3, 2, 1.
GOOD JOB, MAYOR.
>> WE ARE SO LUCKY, WE SHOOT
OUTSIDE MOST OF THE SUMMER HAND
THIS IS USUALLY THE WEATHER,
UNTIL A DAY LIKE TODAY, COME
LOOK.
AUNTIE EMM, GET TOTO AND RUN.
>> 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 MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN GREENDALE.
THE NORMAN ROCKWELL-LIKE VILLAGE
ON MILWAUKEE'S SOUTH SIDE.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
HAPPENING IN THIS CHARMING SMALL
TOWN.
HOLIDAY LIGHTS, SUMMER FLOWERS,
PARADES, MUSIC IN THE BAND
SHELL, FOUR GREAT DINING SPOTS
AND 20 QUAINT SHOPS.
YOU JUST GOT TO SEE GREENDALE.
>> AROUND THE CORNER WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF
THE HOSPITALITY OF THE
COMMUNITIES WE VISIT AND THE
SUPPORT WE RECEIVE FROM VIEWERS
LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.