| 2. |  | Remember When...the downtown lake front looked like this? | Chicago and North Western Railway Company -- Buildings; Waterfronts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Juneau, Solomon Laurent, 1783-1856 -- Statues; Statues -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee | The year was 1900, and it was 27 years before the Lincoln Memorial bridge was to change this view drastically. The Chicago and Northwestern railway built its present depot in 1889, to replace an earlier... |
| 3. |  | Remember When...clowns watched over Grand Ave.? | Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Patton Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Builders' and Traders' Exchange Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kuesel & Puls Jewelers (Milwaukee, Wis.); E. T. Doyn (Milwaukee, Wis.); Summer festivals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Carnival; Flags; Harry W. Schwartz, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.) | This picture shows turn-of -the-century Milwaukee's famed urban order and tranquility. This is a view of the northeast corner of 5th St. and Grand Ave. (W. Wisconsin Ave.) at what is now the Patton Building.... |