Published: July 28, 2009
Tags: accident, bids, excavator, health care, Hide House, historic designation, legislation, Milwaukee Common Council, stimulus, United States Steel Corp., WisDOT
WisDOT opens fourth round of bids for federal stimulus project
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation on Tuesday opened bids for the fourth round of federal stimulus-financed road projects in Wisconsin.
Companies submitted offers for 18 projects amounting in more than $23 million worth of work throughout the state.
Merrill-based S&N Inc. submitted the low bid of just [...]
Published: July 23, 2009
Tags: Hide House, historic designation, Milwaukee, redevelopment
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A Milwaukee committee’s decision to protect some of the Hide House building while leaving other parts open for demolition drew criticism the city is improperly using its historic designation process.
The city’s Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee on Thursday voted 3-2 to give historic protections to a portion of the Hide House complex rather [...]
Published: July 20, 2009
Tags: Hide House, historic, historic designation, Historic Preservation Commission, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Common Council, Milwaukee Department of City Development, preservation
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Three Milwaukee aldermen are trying to push city researchers out of the development department to preserve the integrity of the historic designation process.
The aldermen want Milwaukee’s two preservation staffers removed from Milwaukee’s Department of City Development so the researchers become independent, said Alderman Robert Bauman, who is sponsoring an ordinance with aldermen Nik [...]
Published: July 15, 2009
Tags: affordable housing, Bay View, General Capital Group LLP, Hide House, historic designation, Milwaukee
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A developer is trying to gain the trust of people who say the Hide House project threatens the neighborhood’s peace but is getting rammed through Milwaukee City Hall anyway.
General Capital Group LLP, Milwaukee, wants to tear down a part of the former tannery, now called the Hide House, and develop 60 apartments reserved [...]
Published: June 16, 2009
Tags: Bay View, General Capital Group LLP, Hide House, historic protection, Milwaukee
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
State and Milwaukee preservation experts disagree over whether the Hide House in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood has any historic significance.
The Hide House is a 200,000-square-foot complex that started out as a metal stove and bed factory in 1898 and was slowly built up by a rotating cast of industrial tenants. The last major [...]
Published: June 10, 2009
Tags: General Capital Group LLP, Hide House, Mercy Hill Church
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Milwaukee could stymie an affordable housing project at the Hide House if the city awards the former tannery in Bay View historic status.
The Hide House buildings at 2625 S. Greeley St. were built for the J. Greenebaum Tanning Co. in 1894.
General Capital Group LLP, Fox Point, spent $250,000 renovating parts of the building [...]
