December 1999
Volume 24
Number 12
Features
Salary Secrets
Money may talk, but earnings are another story. We hunted down the salaries of local people in various fields. Anybody want a raise?
Edited by Erik Gunn
Notes From Home
At age 70, internationally acclaimed local composer John Downey is hotter than ever. Meet him and you’ll know why.
By Jim Hazard
Winter Fashion: Timeless Temptations
Satin gowns, velvet stoles and other fine formalwear.
By Florida Perry Smith
Not on Our Block
Bent on booting the bad element and providing a home for people of modest means, a band of urban warriors effected the remarkable rebirth of Cold Spring Park. Here’s their story.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Sumptuous Statements
Your home is your palace.
Drop the minimalist approach and deck the halls with glimmering, gilded opulence.
By Colleen Heather Rogan
Departments
Outfront
Fearless mission.
By John Fennell
Letters
The good, the bad and the printable.
The Insider
Fighting the “big guys,” two guys who build, the best New Year’s gigs, clocks, condos and more.
By The Editors
Pressroom Confidential
Local personalities who made the news in ’99 worth watching.
By Peter Robertson
Where Are They Now?
What MU’s Father DiUlio and other expatriates are up to.
By James Romenesko
City Slants
Taking a bath, surfing the Web, turning on the stereo and getting in shape for 2000.
Edited by Ann Christenson
City Beat
Historian John Gurda makes Milwaukee riveting reading.
By Lois Blinkhorn
Health & Medicine
Will cosmetic surgery buy you happiness?
By Christine A. Hinz
Calendar of Events
The editors know all. Read their monthly picks, then scan the listings before planning your weekends.
Edited by Charlene Mills
Dining Etcetera
Restaurants whose New Year’s Eve menus beat the Y2K blues.
By Ann Christenson
Restaurants
Home entertaining 101, beat news and tonight’s dinner, tomorrow’s lunch….
Endgame
The real reasons for Milwaukee’s high homicide rate.
By John Hagedorn
On the Cover
Photographs by Tim Evans
