In the 1940s, a federal relief program turned a long-standing neighborhood dream into a reality: a vast public swimming pool that became the beating heart of Milwaukee’s South Side summers.
Barrel makers, also called coopers, had a demanding but vital role in the beer brewing process.
The Church of Gesu has origins as the heart of a working-class Irish parish and is now the spiritual anchor for Marquette University.
It opened in 1909 and was the place for conventions, circuses, boxing matches, political rallies and much more.
The Layton Art Gallery, which opened in 1888, housed many paintings and sculptures now exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
