Published: June 8, 2010
Tags: east side, historic, Michael Murphy, Milwaukee, neighborhood, Neighborhoods and Development Committee, Pietz, renovation, Robert Bauman, zoning
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan Public policy and public opinion are going head to head over a disputed zoning law in an east side Milwaukee neighborhood. City aldermen are in the middle of the debate, weighing property owners’ complaints against a law designed to maintain the historic integrity of the neighborhood. The city created the special zoning [...]
Published: March 29, 2010
Tags: Bondar, Christopherson, development, east side, East Village Association, guidelines, Kovac, law, Milwaukee, repeal
By Sean Ryan A proposal to wipe out a five-year-old development law in a Milwaukee neighborhood is reigniting an argument over the best way to govern growth. The city in 2005 limited development in a lower east side neighborhood in which most of the buildings are old houses. The law was intended to discourage construction [...]
Published: March 9, 2010
Tags: affordable housing, apartment, David Lyon, east side, Greenwich Village Neighborhood Association, Historic Water Tower Neighborhood, Kovac, Maierle, Mercy Housing Lakefront, Milwaukee, tax credit
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By Sean Ryan Irate neighbors on Milwaukee’s east side stand between Mercy Housing Lakefront’s $12.7 million apartment building and a March 26 project deadline. The Chicago-based developer needs preliminary city approval to buy a parking lot for the project. March 26 is the application deadline to receive state affordable-housing tax credits needed to pay for [...]
Published: September 3, 2009
Tags: Brady Street Hospitality LLC, east side, hotel, Milwaukee
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com A proposed 130-room hotel in a Milwaukee east side neighborhood is creating a rift between people who like the idea and those who say the project is out of place. “Not all of the neighbors are convinced that this is a good idea,” said Stephanie Bloomingdale, who lives across the street from [...]