Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city within the state of
Wisconsin and 22nd-largest in the
United States. The city is the
county seat of
Milwaukee County, located on the southwestern shore of
Lake Michigan, and is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of
Chicago. As of the 2005
U.S. Census estimate, Milwaukee had a population of 578,887.
[Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places over 100,000, Ranked by July 1, 2005 Population: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 (SUB-EST2005-01)] The city is the main cultural and economic center of the
Milwaukeeâ€"Racine-Waukesha metropolitan area with a population of 1,753,355.
[ [1]]The first Europeans to pass through the area were French missionaries and traders. In
1818, Frenchman
Solomon Juneau settled in the area, and in
1846 Juneau's town combined with two neighboring towns to incorporate as the City of Milwaukee. Large numbers of German and other immigrants helped increase the city's population during the 1840s and the following decades.
Milwaukee is known as "The City of Festivals" for its great number of ethnic and musical festivals, the largest of which is
Summerfest. It has also been called "the nation's watering hole," having more bars per capita than any other large city in the country. Milwaukee residents are known as
Milwaukeeans. Milwaukeeans often comment that Milwaukee feels like "a big small town."
Pre-1800
The Milwaukee area was originally inhabited by the
Fox,
Mascouten,
Potawatomi, and
Winnebago Indian tribes. French missionaries and traders first passed through the area in the late
1600s and
1700s.
The first white
fur trader to settle in Milwaukee was French Canadian
Jacques Vieau, who established a fur trading post near the
Menomonee River in 1795. The post was on the Chicago-Green Bay trail, located where
Mitchell Park is today. Vieau married the granddaughter of an Indian chief and had at least twelve children. Vieau's daughter, Josetta, would later marry Solomon Juneau.
1800 - 1849
Milwaukee has three "
founding fathers", of which Frenchman
Solomon Juneau came to the area first, in
1818. Juneau, who was Vieau's son-in-law, bought out Vieau's fur trading business, and in
1833 founded a town on the east side of the
Milwaukee River. Juneau's Side, or Juneau Town, as it was variously known, began attracting more settlers.
However,
Byron Kilbourn was Juneau's equivalent on the west side of the Milwaukee River. In competition with Juneau, he established Kilbourntown west of the Milwaukee River, and made sure that the streets running toward the river did not join with those on the east side. This accounts for the large number of crooked bridges that still exist in Milwaukee today. Further, Kilbourn distributed maps of the area which only showed Kilbourntown, implying that Juneautown did not exist. Anyone who saw the map would think the east side of the river was uninhabited and thus undesirable.
The third prominent builder was
George H. Walker. He claimed land to the south of the Milwaukee River, along with Juneau Town where he built a log house in 1834. This area grew and became known as Walker's Point.
By the 1840s the three towns had grown to such an extent that on
31 January 1846 they combined to incorporate as the City of Milwaukee. Solomon Juneau became Milwaukee's first mayor. A great number of
German immigrants had helped increase the city's population during the
1840s and continued to migrate to the area during the following decades. Milwaukee has even been called "Deutsch Athen" (German Athens), and at one point there were more German speakers than English speakers in the city.
In the mid 1800s Milwaukee earned its nickname "
Cream City". The nickname refers to the large amount of unique cream colored bricks that came out of the
Menomonee Valley and were used in building construction. At its peak, Milwaukee was producing 15 million bricks a year, with 1/3 going out of the state.
1850 - 1949
During the middle and late 19th century, Wisconsin and the Milwaukee area became the final destination of many German immigrants fleeing the
Revolution of 1848. In Wisconsin they found the inexpensive land and the freedoms they sought. The German heritage and influence in the Milwaukee area is widespread.
1950 - Present
Milwaukee, like many northern industrial cities, continued to grow tremendously until the late
1950s. Milwaukee was home to immigrants from
Ireland,
Germany,
Hungary,
Poland and other central European nations. There was also great northward migration of
African-Americans from the
Southern United States. With the large influx of immigrants, Milwaukee became one of the 15 largest cities in the nation, and by the mid-
1960s, its population reached nearly 750,000. Starting in the late
1960s, like many cities in the
Great Lakes "
rust belt," Milwaukee saw its population start to decline due to various factors, including the loss of
blue collar jobs and the phenomenon of "
white flight." However, in recent years the city began to make strides in improving its economy, neighborhoods, and image, resulting in the revitalization of neighborhoods such as the
Historic Third Ward, the
East Side, and more recently,
Bay View, along with attracting new businesses to its downtown area. The city continues to make plans for increasing its future revitalization through various projects. Largely due to its efforts to preserve its history, in 2006 Milwaukee was named one of the "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" by the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
[Dozen Distinctive Destinations - Milwaukee, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2006.] The city is also home to the
Milwaukee Bar Association, the fourth oldest of such organizations in the United States. It was founded in 1858, and now has over 2,600 members.
*See also:
Milwaukee Cryptosporidium outbreak (April 1993)
Milwaukee's name
Milwaukee received its name from the Indian word
Millioke which means "The Good Land", or "Gathering place by the water." Another interpretation is "beautiful or pleasant lands".
[Bruce, William George (1936). A Short History of Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Bruce Publishing Company. LLCN 36010193. Pp. 15.] Early explorers called the Milwaukee River and surrounding lands various names: Melleorki, Milwacky, Mahn-a-waukie, Milwarck, and Milwaucki. For many years, printed records gave the name as "Milwaukie".
A Short History of Milwaukee by William George Bruce gives the story of Milwaukee's final name::''"[O]ne day during the thirties of the last century a newspaper calmly changed the name to Milwaukee, and Milwaukee it has remained until this day."
[Bruce, William George (1936). A Short History of Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Bruce Publishing Company. LLCN 36010193. Pp. 15-16.] |
View of the Milwaukee River from downtown. |
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 251.0
km² (96.9
square miles). 248.8 km² (96.1 square miles) of it is land and 2.2 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.88% water.
Cityscape
Milwaukee lies along the shores and bluffs of
Lake Michigan at the confluence of three rivers: the
Menomonee, the
Kinnickinnic and the
Milwaukee. Smaller rivers, such as the Root River and Lincoln Creek also run throughout the city.
The city runs largely on the grid system, although in the far northwest and southwest corners of the city, the grid pattern gives way to a more suburban-style streetscape. North-south streets are numbered, and east-west streets are named. The north-south numbering line is along the Menomonee River (east of Hawley Road) and Fairview Avenue/Golfview Parkway (west of Hawley Road), with the east-west numbering line defined along 1st Street (north of Oklahoma Avenue) and Chase/Howell Avenue (south of Oklahoma Avenue). This numbering system is also used to the north by
Mequon in
Ozaukee County, and by some
Waukesha County communities.
It is crossed by
Interstate 43 and
Interstate 94, which come together downtown at the
Marquette Interchange, which is currently under an extensive construction project set to be completed in 2008. The cost of the reconstruction will be around $810 million. The
Interstate 894 bypass runs through portions of the city's southwest side, and
Interstate 794 comes out of the Marquette interchange eastbound, bends south along the lakefront and crosses the harbor over the
Hoan Bridge, then ends near the
Bay View neighborhood and becomes the Lake Parkway.
Milwaukee's terrain is relatively flat, except for the steep, dramatic bluffs that begin about one half mile north and one mile south of the downtown. These bluffs give it a topographic quality distinct from that of
Chicago.
Climate
Milwaukee's location in the
Midwest means that it often has rapidly changing weather, and the city experiences the full range of the
seasons throughout the year. The warmest month of the year is July, when the average high temperature is 79°F (26°C), with overnight low temperatures averaging 62°F (17°C). January is the coldest month, with high temperatures averaging 26°F (-4°C), with the overnight low temperatures around 11°F (-12°C).
Milwaukee's proximity to
Lake Michigan causes a convection current to form mid-afternoon, resulting in the so-called
lake effect, causing the temperatures to be warmer in the winter than regions farther from the lake, and cooler in the summer. "Lower near the lake" is practically boilerplate language for local meteorologists during the spring and summer. Also, more snow falls in Milwaukee than surrounding areas, due to
the lake. The lake causes the
relative humidity in the summer that is far higher than that of comparable cities at the same latitude, meaning that it feels hotter than the actual temperature.
Milwaukee's all-time record high temperature is 105°F (41°C) set on
July 17,
1995. The coldest temperature ever experienced by the city was -26°F (-32°C) on both
January 17,
1982 and
February 4,
1996. The 1982 event, also known as
Cold Sunday, featured temperatures as low as -40°F (-40°C) in some of the
suburbs as little as 10 miles (16km) to the north of Milwaukee, although the city itself did not approach such cold temperatures.
In Milwaukee, the wettest month is August, due to frequent
thunderstorms. These can at times be dangerous and damaging, bringing
hail, high winds, and the occasional
tornado. However, almost all summer rainfall in the city is brought by these storms. In spring and fall, longer events of prolonged, lighter rain bring most of the precipitation.
Snow commonly falls in the city from early November until the middle of March, although it has been recorded as early as
September 23, and as late as
May 31. The city receives an average of 47.0 inches (1.19m) of snow in winter, but this number is highly variable. In 2000, 49.5 inches (1.26m) of snow fell solely in the month of December.
Environmental organization
SustainLane ranked Milwaukee along with
Mesa, Arizona, the least likely to suffer natural disasters, in a study of 50 U.S. cities measuring the risk of a natural disaster striking the city. The study used the possibilities of "
hurricanes, major
flooding, catastrophic
hail,
tornado super-outbreaks, and
earthquakes" as criteria.
[U.S. Cities in Harm's Way, SustainLane, 2006.] City of Milwaukee [[2]][ United States Census Bureau. [3]] Census
year | Population''' |
| | 1850 | 20,061 | | 1860 | 45,246 | | 1870 | 71,440 | | 1880 | 115,587 | | 1890 | 204,468 | | 1900 | 285,315 | | 1910 | 373,857 | | 1920 | 457,147 | | 1930 | 578,249 | | 1940 | 587,472 | | 1950 | 637,392 | | 1960 | 741,324 | | 1970 | 717,099 | | 1980 | 636,212 | | 1990 | 628,088 | | 2000 | 596,974 | | 2005 | 578,887 | |
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Population
As of the
census estimate of 2005, there are 578,887 people residing in Milwaukee. As of 2000, there were 232,188 households, and 135,133 families residing in the city. The
population density is 2,399.5/km² (6,214.3 per square mile). There are 249,225 housing units at an average density of 1,001.7/km² (2,594.4 per square mile).
There are 232,188 households out of which 30.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.2% are
married couples living together, 21.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 41.8% are non-families. 33.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.50 and the average family size is 3.25.
In the city the population is spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 12.2% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $32,216, and the median income for a family is $37,879. Males have a median income of $32,244 versus $26,013 for females. The
per capita income for the city is $16,181. 21.3% of the population and 17.4% of families are below the
poverty line. Out of the total population, 31.6% of those under the age of 18 and 11.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Milwaukee still faces a shrinking population,
[City drops out of top 20, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jun. 30, 2005.] and other problems, such as crime, racial tension, poverty, and a precarious school system, presenting a serious challenge to the city. Although the crime rate is down since the early
1990s, the issues of urban crime and
police corruption are still at the forefront, frequently appearing on the front page of local newspapers. Milwaukee is often referred to as "one of the most segregated cities in the United States," and accusations of
police brutality and
racial profiling are common. Many considered the hiring of the first black Chief of Police, Arthur Jones, to be a turning point for Milwaukee, noting that crime in 2004 was at its lowest in nearly 15 years. However, critics accused Jones of ineffectiveness, eventually leading to his resignation.
Race and ethnicity
In the 2000 census, over a third (38 percent) of Milwaukeeans reported that they were of German descent. Other large population groups include Polish (12.7%), Irish (10%), English (5.1%), Italian (4.4%), French (3.9%), and Hispanic origin totaled 6.3%. The racial makeup of the city is 49.98%
White, 37.34%
African American, 0.87%
Native American, 2.94%
Asian, 0.05%
Pacific Islander, 6.10% from
other races, and 2.71% from two or more races. 12.00% of the population are
Hispanic or
Latino of any race. Within the Milwaukee region, race is frequently a contentious issue, and the city is frequently cited as hypersegregated or even as "the most segregated city in America",
[ The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council] although the latter is a very controversial contention. It is certainly more nearly accurate at present to say that the metropolitan area, rather than the city itself, is hypersegregated.
Religion
In 2000, the
American Religion Data Archive reported Milwaukee's religious composition as 58%
Catholic, 23%
Lutheran, 3%
Methodist and 2.5%
Jewish. The remaining 13.5% are largely members of
protestant denominations or members of various Eastern Orthodox churches. Milwaukee is home of the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the
Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, the
Greater Milwaukee Synod of the
ELCA and the headquarters of the
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The
School Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis have their mother house in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee drivers use interstate highways for their main transportation.
I-94 comes north from Chicago to enter Milwaukee and continues west to
Madison.
I-43 enters Milwaukee from the southwest and continues north to
Green Bay. Milwaukee has two branch interstate highways,
I-894 and
I-794. I-894 extends from the western suburbs to the southern suburbs, bypassing downtown. I-794 extends east from the
Marquette Interchange to Lake Michigan before turning south over the
Hoan Bridge toward the
airport, turning into
Highway 794 along the way.
Milwaukee is also served by three
US highways.
U.S. Route 18 provides a link from downtown to points west.
U.S. Route 41 and
U.S. Route 45 both provide north-south freeway transportation on the western side of the city.
The
Milwaukee County Transit System provides a bus transit system. The city is also served by the
Hiawatha Amtrak express service between Milwaukee and
Chicago. In addition, Milwaukee is home to two airports,
General Mitchell International Airport on the southern edge of the city, and the smaller
Timmerman Field on the north side.
A tram system known as the
Milwaukee Connector was proposed, but the mayor vetoed the bill over problems of cost and availability.
Metra is also being proposed for an expansion from
Kenosha up to Milwaukee.
Most people associate Milwaukee with beer, seeing as it was once the home to four of the world's largest breweries (
Schlitz,
Blatz,
Pabst, and
Miller), and was also the number one beer producing city in the world for many years. Despite the decline in its position as the world's leading beer producer after the loss of three of those breweries, its one remaining major brewery,
Miller Brewing Company, remains a key employer by employing over 1,700 of the city's workers. [
4] Due to Miller's solid position as the second-largest beer-maker in the U.S., and making its world headquarters Milwaukee, the city remains known as a beer town despite now only representing a fraction of its economy. Milwaukee's reputation as a blue collar town is more accurate, however, with 22 percent of the workforce involved in manufacturing, second only to
San Jose, California and far higher than the national average of 16.5%. Service and managerial jobs are the fastest growing segments of the Milwaukee economy, and healthcare makes up 27% of all service jobs in the city.
Milwaukee is headquarters to six
Fortune 1000 manufacturers and six Fortune 1000 service companies. Among these are
Briggs & Stratton,
Harley-Davidson,
Johnson Controls,
Manpower Inc.,
Marshall & Ilsley,
Northwestern Mutual,
Rockwell Automation,
Roundy's Supermarkets,
Metavante,
Kohl's, and
Wisconsin Energy. The Milwaukee area ranked number five in the nation when measuring the number of
Fortune 500 companies as a share of the population, just behind the number four Minneapolis-St. Paul region. Milwaukee also has a large number of financial service firms, particularly those specializing in mutual funds and transaction processing systems, and a disproportionate number of publishing and printing companies, including
Quad/Graphics. Milwaukee is also the headquarters of the
Koss Corporation and
Master Lock.
Museums
Milwaukee's most visually prominent cultural attraction is the
Milwaukee Art Museum, especially its new $100 million wing designed by
Santiago Calatrava in his first American commission. The museum includes a "brise soleil," a moving sunscreen that quite literally unfolds like the wing of a bird. The
Milwaukee Public Museum, Discovery World Museum, Betty Brinn Children's Museum,
Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory and
Milwaukee County Zoo are also notable public attractions.
Performing Arts
Milwaukee is home to the
Florentine Opera, the
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the
Milwaukee Ballet,
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre,
Skylight Opera Theatre,
First Stage Children's Theater,
Milwaukee Youth Theatre, and a number of other arts organizations including the
Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps. Additionally, Milwaukee is home to artistic performance venues such as the
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts,
Pabst Theater,
The Rave/Eagles Ballroom,
Riverside Theatre, and
Milwaukee Theatre. The
Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, a first-of-its-kind Arts-in-education facility, is a national model.
Social Life
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Milwaukee's tourism logo, featuring MAM's "brise soleil" |
Milwaukee, "A Great Place on a Great Lake" and "Genuine American," has also advertised itself as the "City of Festivals," emphasizing an annual lakefront fair called
Summerfest. Listed in the
Guinness Book of World Records as the largest
music festival in the world, Summerfest attracts around 900,000 visitors a year to its twelve stages.
Due in large part to its
brewery history, the city has been called "the nation's watering hole" with more
bars per capita than any other large city in the country (one bar for every 1600 people or approximately 375 bars, four bars for every square mile). Along the same lines, the tradition of
tailgating (for almost any event, but especially
Brewers games), where copious amounts of beer and other potent potables are ceremoniously consumed, is deeply ingrained in the culture of the city and its residents both young and old.
Festivals
As her moniker implies, Milwaukee is home to a variety of festivals throughout the summer. Held primarily on the lakefront
Summerfest grounds, these festivals span several days (typically Friday plus the weekend) and celebrate Milwaukee's history and diversity. In a typical season, the 'Fests are kicked off by PrideFest in early June and are concluded with Indian Summer in early September.
Polish, Greek, French,
Italian,
German, African-American, Arab,
Irish, Native American and Mexican heritages are celebrated throughout the summer.
The complete 2006 Schedule can be found
here.
Music
Milwaukee has a long history of musical activity. The first organized musical society, called "Milwaukee Beethoven Society" formed in 1843, three years before the city was incorporated. This was later replaced with the Milwaukee Musical Society.
The large concentrations of German immigrants contributed to the musical character of the city.
Saengerbund festivals were held regularly. Also notable is the founding of the
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in 1899.
More recently, Milwaukee has a vibrant history of
rock,
blues,
punk,
ska,
industrial music,
goth and
pop music bands. A range of musicians have called Milwaukee home, including
Hildegarde,
Woody Herman,
Liberace, saxophonist
Warren Wiegratz, blues giant
Hubert Sumlin, the
BoDeans,
Violent Femmes,
Citizen King,
The Gufs,
The Promise Ring,
Little Blue Crunchy Things,
Cincere,
Eric Bénet,
Speech (rapper) from the band
Arrested Development (hip hop group),
Al Jarreau and
Oil Tasters, among others. Local hip-hop acts include
Rusty Ps and Black Elephant. Coo Coo Cal gave Milwaukee a national foothold in the hip-hop market with his hit single "My Projects". Beer City Records, a local punk rock label, is home to
DRI and
Millions of Dead Cops. Venues such as
Pabst Theater, Marcus Amphitheater and The Rave frequently bring internationally-known and critically acclaimed acts to Milwaukee.
Milwaukee is also home to a thriving club scene booking regular international DJs such as
Richie Hawtin,
LTJ Bukem,
Mark Farina,
Derrick Carter and others. In the early 1990s, the city was home to a vibrant
rave scene, especially fostering
hardcore techno, thanks to
Drop Bass; but the scene moved south to
Chicago after reaction by city authorities. Milwaukee is also a center of the
breakcore scene with labels such as Addict Records and Zod Records.
Sports
Milwaukee has a long history of involvement in professional and nonprofessional sports.
The
Milwaukee Mile auto racing facility, the oldest active auto race track in the United States, is located on the
Wisconsin State Fair Grounds in
West Allis. Also located on the State Fair Grounds is the
Pettit National Ice Center, a U.S. Olympic Team training facility.
Previous sports teams to play in Milwaukee have included:
The Milwaukee Braves won the
National League pennant in 1957 and 1958, and won the
World Series in 1957.
For many years, the
Green Bay Packers played a portion of their home schedule in Milwaukee:
*
Borchert Field, 1933
*
Wisconsin State Fair Park, 1934-51
*
Marquette Stadium, 1952
*
Milwaukee County Stadium, 1953-1994
(The 1939 Championship between the Packers and the
New York Giants was played at State Fair Park. The Packers won, 27-0.)
The Packers maintain two separate season ticket plans, reflecting their time spent in Milwaukee:
Gold package holders, made up primarily of former Milwaukee season ticket holders, have a three-game package consisting of the annual Midwest Shrine preseason contest plus the second and fifth regular-season home games each year;
Green package holders (made up of original Green Bay ticket holders) attend the annual Bishop's Charities preseason game and the remaining six regular-season contests.
Milwaukee maintains
Milwaukee Public Schools, the largest school district in Wisconsin and
one of the largest in the nation. As of 2006, it has an enrollment of 95,600 students and employs 6,100 full-time and substitute teachers in 223 schools. Milwaukee Public Schools operate as
magnet schools, with individualized specialty areas for interests in academics, or the arts.
Golda Meir School,
Milwaukee School of Languages,
Milwaukee High School of the Arts, and
Lynde & Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School are just some examples of the magnet schools in Milwaukee. In addition to its public schools, Milwaukee is home to a large number of
parochial schools, including over two dozen private high schools and hundreds of private middle and elementary schools.
The district has a reputation for a poorly performing student body and efforts have been underway for years to reform the school system. School District officials note declining funding as a catalyst to problems in the district.
[ Low-Income Student funding is decreased by State. URL accessed April 20, 2006]The
school choice program, started with the support of former governor
Tommy Thompson has given many Milwaukee students the opportunity to study at
parochial and other
private schools free of cost, although the program remains the topic of considerable controversy; and the inevitable fraudulent operators have moved in. A definitive solution to the education issue is still forthcoming, but progress is being made. One step of progress is noted in that school graduation rates have improved slightly over recent years.
Higher education is dominated by the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on the East Side and
Marquette University, located near downtown. Milwaukee is also served by
Alverno College,
Cardinal Stritch University,
Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee Area Technical College,
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design,
Milwaukee School of Engineering,
Mount Mary College, and
Wisconsin Lutheran College, collectively giving the city a college student population exceeding 100,000.
Of persons aged 25 and above, 84.5% have a high school diploma, and 27% have a Bachelor's degree or higher. (2000)
[Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, "Metro Milwaukee Demographics", URL accessed March 21, 2006.]See also:
List of High Schools in Milwaukee CountyMilwaukee's leading newspaper is the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The most prominent weekly is
Shepherd Express, a free publication. Other local newspapers, city guides and magazines with large distributions include
Milwaukee Magazine and
MKE (magazine), and
The Onion.
OnMilwaukee.com is an online magazine providing news and events.
Milwaukee is well served by local
television and
radio. Milwaukee's major network television affiliates are
WTMJ 4 (
NBC),
WITI 6 (
FOX),
WISN 12 (
ABC),
WVTV 18 (
WB),
WCGV 24 (
UPN), and
WDJT 58 (
CBS). Spanish language programming is on
WYTU-LP 63 (
Telemundo). Milwaukee's are
WMVS 10 and
WMVT 36.
There are numerous radio stations throughout Milwaukee and the surrounding area.
See also:*
List of Milwaukee area television stations*
List of Milwaukee area radio stationsMilwaukee has eight
sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc (SCI):
*
Galway,
Republic of Ireland*
Mulhouse,
France*
Nuevitas,
Cuba*
Omsk,
Russia*
Parma,
Italy*
Queenstown,
South Africa*
Schwerin,
Germany*
Ticuantepe,
Nicaragua*One well-known colloquialism common to Milwaukee and the surrounding area is the word "
bubbler," which refers to a
drinking fountain.
*It is also common for people to refer to
ATMs as a "Tyme Machine," referring to the former name of the dominant
debit card/ATM network in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, TYME ("Take Your Money Everywhere"). Although the TYME network was taken over and renamed by
Pulse in
2004, the Tyme name remains in common use.
*A major road in Milwaukee is
Highway 100 (108th Street). It is a popular destination for illegal
cruising.
[Big Gig is gone and attention turns to cruising, By Dennis Shook, for WisPolitics.com, published July 14, 2006, accessed July 20, 2006.] Highway 100 is sometimes referred to as "Highway a-hundred", "the strip" or simply as "Highway".
*
List of mayors of Milwaukee*
List of Milwaukeeans*
List of Milwaukee neighborhoods*
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee*
Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee*
Flag of Milwaukee, Wisconsin*
Seal of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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VISIT Milwaukee website*
City Of Milwaukee website*
Metro Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce*
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