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Philanthropist pushes lakefront public museum (access required)

Published: January 21, 2011
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By Joe Lanane The O’Donnell Park garage should be razed and replaced by a new Milwaukee Public Museum and parking structure, according to philanthropist Michael Cudahy. “O’Donnell Park is a piece of garbage, and it’s been trouble ever since it’s been built,” Cudahy said. “It was a terrible idea in the first place to have [...]

Milwaukee County hoping land sales will pay for infrastructure needs (access required)

Published: October 25, 2010
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By Joe Lanane The real estate market could determine if Milwaukee County has an extra $8 million to spend on major projects in 2011. Nearly half of the county‘s proposed $17.2 million capital improvement budget relies on the county selling the Crystal Ridge Ski Area in Franklin and the northwest portion of the Milwaukee County [...]

Courthouse window job to test contractors

Published: December 22, 2009
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By Sean Ryan A seemingly simple window replacement at the Milwaukee County Courthouse is threatening Walter Wilson’s near-perfect record of keeping projects on schedule. “In terms of timing and logistics, we have to be right dead on the money because one thing we don’t want is to have some court go into session and have [...]

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