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Remember When...Milwaukee had pedestrian tunnels like this?


Title	Remember When...Milwaukee had pedestrian tunnels like this?
Description	Once automobiles became popular, cities had to do something about protecting pedestrians from the machines. This pedestrian subway at 13th St. and Wisconsin Ave. was built to allow people to walk across the street safely. Constructed in an almost art deco style, it served the city for many years, used by class after class of Marquette University students crossing busy Wisconsin Ave. Eventually students declined to use the underground passage, partly because petty criminals were a menace, especially at night. Eventually the tunnel was removed. This picture is from the early 1930s. "Remember When" is prepared by the Milwaukee Public Library with resources from the local history collection.
Library of Congress Subject Headings	Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Pedestrian areas -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marquette University; Traffic engineering -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Publisher	Milwaukee Public Library
Date Original	193?
Source	Milwaukee Journal
Newspaper Publication Date	1993-01-06
Date Copyrighted	2005
Type	Image
Has Format	Photograph
Relation	RW 2255
Collection	Remember When, F. P. Zeidler Humanities Room, Milwaukee Public Library
Rights	All rights reserved © Milwaukee Public Library
Order form	http://www.mpl.org/coldfusion/email_digital_rw.cfm
Date created	2010-09-10

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