October 1988
Volume 13
Number 10
Features
The Hidden Empire
The Trammell Crow Company — the firm behind the Theater District and the First Wisconsin land purchase — has revolutionized the Milwaukee real estate game. So how did a company that hails from Dallas come to conquer Milwaukee in the first place?
By Simon N. Dumenco
Inside the Skinhead Army Movement
The skinhead movement in Milwaukee started as a relatively innocuous exercise in teen rebellion. But things quickly changed when out-of-town skins brought their racism and violence here.
By James Romenesko
Eat Like an Egyptian
If you’re heading up to the Horicon area this fall, be sure to pay homage to one of Wisconsin’s quirkiest landmarks, The Pyramid Restaurant. Here you’ll find meals just like mummy used to make.
By Jerome Schultz
Milwaukee Indoors and Out
Exploring tomorrow’s home, where “high tech” means warmth and comfort. The latest in kitchens, baths, home offices, media rooms, lighting and “smart” houses.
By Chris Grant
Departments
Outfront
Right in your own backyard.
By Judith Woodburn
Letters
We’re waiting to hear from you.
The Insider
Rewriting welfare in Milwaukee’s inner city, how to avoid 10 days in jail (hint: is your house properly numbered?), the rising costs of knowledge and digging up Milwaukee’s past. Plus Pressroom Confidential, our Pick of the Month, the Insider Index, reviews and more.
Edited by Simon N. Dumenco
Misc.
The ultimate teaball, the perfect gift for the high-tech nut and how to give your dowdy dinette set a new attitude.
By Kristin Slabey Fish
Metroscene
The best of art, auctions, music, dance, theater, film, lectures and happenings. This month’s highlights: Joel Grey stars in Cabaret at the Riverside, “The Elders” at the Milwaukee Public Library’s Centennial Hall and the Contemporary Art Society’s second benefit art auction for the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Edited by Dawn M. Behr
Dining Guide
Where to eat all across town. Milwaukee’s most complete listings.
Columns
Wisconsin, D.C.
Despite all the ballyhoo about Herb Kohl’s campaign spending, what it really all came down to in the primary was whether voters would buy his “everyman” image.
By Louis Barbash
Performing Arts
So just who is the new executive director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra?
By Bruce Murphy
Restaurants
DKC’s and O’Donoghue’s: Inside Milwaukee’s born-again eateries.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
Dismayed by the ever-increasing rates of juvenile crime, Wisconsin legislators reacted by lowering the age at which juveniles can be waived into adult court. But does this redefinition of childhood get at the real problems?
By Tom Bamberger
On The Cover:
Brad Lay, a member of the Brew City Skins, photographed by Julie Lindemann and John Shimon.
Special Advertising Section
“Economic Lifelines,” Wisconsin Departments of Transportation and Development.
