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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Forum Focuses on Future of Eschweiler Buildings

Do they stand or do they fall? And, coalition wants to know, have we thought of all the implications and possibilities there and in between.

  • VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
  • Jim Price
  • Saturday, July 21, 2012

“For in the end," said Senagalese ecologist Baba Dioum, "we will save only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” Citizens from a consortium of historic preservation and environmental groups will gather Wednesday to discuss in an open forum: The County Grounds Coalition is hosting "The Eschweiler Forum: Saving the Past for the Future," at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Firefly Room at the Wauwatosa Public Library. The coalition comprises representatives of a broad-based group ranging from local to national organizations that have signed a memorandum of understanding to support preservation of the Eschweilers and their surroundings. The format is open, and the public is invited. Barb …

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Developer Proposes Demolishing 4 of 5 Eschweiler Buildings – or Giving Them Away

Deb Strzelecki

12:49 pm on Saturday, July 21, 2012

Sorry for the typos. I have a sticky keyboard I bought on sale. Really have to punch the keys.   more ›

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Wauwatosa Avenue District Wins National Historic Status

From farmhouses to quaint Queen Annes to Arts & Crafts, blocks north of Village tell Wauwatosa's story in architecture.

Peppered with names that recall founding families and leading citizens – Damon, Rogers, Underwood and others – 32 homes along a stretch of Wauwatosa Avenue north of the Village present a procession of progress from scattered farmhouses to settled urban living. Those homes and their surroundings are now all incorporated into the Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register has approved Wauwatosa's application for historic district status and officially listed the district on June 20. Thirty of the homes line the odd-numbered side of the 1800 block of Wauwatosa Avenue and both sides of the 1900 through 2200 blocks. Two more homes on Stickney Avenue just off Wauwatosa are …

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Underwood Elementary School

Jim Brittain

2:51 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

good luck trying to sell your home or paint your shutters without 'approval' from the board. You just lost ownership of your home.   more ›

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Inside Frank Lloyd Wright's Greek Orthodox Church

Fifty years after it opened, the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa still stands out with its unique architecture.

  • THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
  • Aj Randall
  • Sunday, October 23, 2011

When the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa was constructed in 1961, it broke from traditional Byzantine architecture but put traditional Orthodox symbols at its center, with the foundation built on the shape of the cross and a dome stretching over 100 feet across the ceiling. It was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last projects, as he submitted the design in 1956 before he died in 1959. In the video above, Reverand James Dokos, Construction Supervisor John Ottenheimer who supervised the construction, and Parish Council Member John Galanis explain what makes the church a unique "jewel of faith."

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Home Tour Is a Walk Through Tosa History

The Wauwatosa Historical Society offers an inside look into historical beauties.

On Saturday, six homes in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Wauwatosa will be open to the public for the annual Tour of Homes benefiting the Wauwatosa Historical Society. Traci Schnell, president of the society, said the one-day event is the culmination of a year’s work. She has been involved in choosing the homes and doing the research for more than 10 years. “Every year, we choose a different neighborhood. We drive the streets and choose homes. Sometimes the homes represent different architectural styles, sometimes the home are of similar designs,” she said – like the 2009 tour of the Rockaway Brookside area that included five of the six homes designed by the same architect.  Since its inception in 1989, the tour’s emphasis has been the …

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