April 2001
Volume 26
Number 4
Features
The New City
Why cranes on the skyline are so good for Milwaukee.
By Kurt Chandler
Soaring Dimensions
What the Eiffel Tower is to Paris, the Calatrava addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum may be to us. But why is it taking so long?
By Thomas Connors
Our Billion-Dollar Baby
Looking at Miller Park (the façade, the tax bill, the whole shebang) with our eyes wide open.
By Bruce Murphy
Fashion: Black & White
Clothes that speak boldly without clobbering you on the head with color.
By Florida Perry Smith
Marilyn’s Story
Mayor Norquist claims he had a five-year consensual affair with former staffer Marilyn Figueroa. That’s his story. This is hers.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Departments
Outfront
Marilyn, and a shutout.
By John Fennell
Letters
Have you been thinking about us?
This Month
Days to be out seeing Toots, Tory Folliard, Trinity Irish Dance and nonalliterative events.
Edited by Charlene Mills
Insider
Gas station Batwings, dressing down, woman on top and an exodus at the MPD.
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
WKLH gave Kevin Brandt the ax, then rehired him. Huh?
By Peter Robertson
Where Are They Now?
A couple that won’t stop adopting kids.
By Wendy Huber-Wichelt
Inside Views
Bananas, Harry Potter junk, killer clothes and passionate subjects.
Edited by Ann Christenson
City Beat
What St. John’s Cathedral could look like, to the chagrin of some.
By Helen Pauly
Dining Out
Nanakusa is not all sushi bar, but it’s a visual focal point. Timber Creek isn’t all game, and yet that’s the best part of the menu.
By Ann Christenson
Your Health
Add “ist” to the end of “hospital” and you get a real special kind of doctor.
By Kathleen Winkler
Dining Guide
Look at the rain coming down out there – it makes a person crave a salad, a good restaurant, some wine and this.
Endgame
What’s to become of John Norquist politically?
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
On the Cover
Photograph by Kevin J. Miyazaki
