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Walking Milwaukee

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Featuring 31 self-guided walking tours, Walking Milwaukee leads readers through some of the city’s most interesting, scenic, and historic places.
  • 01 September 2020
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Get to Know the Wisconsin City’s Most Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods

Milwaukee is richly historic. This savvy, entertaining guide explores the best of it all. Local authors Royal Brevvaxling and Molly Snyder guide you through 31 unique walking tours that traverse Milwaukee’s length and breadth. Dive deep into the city with tours that illuminate its diverse neighborhoods, like the trendy East Side and the country-esque Northridge Lakes. Find everything from legendary Frank Lloyd Wright houses to custard stands to the birthplace of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. These urban treks are great ways to soak in the vibe of Brew City.

Inside you’ll find

  • 31 self-guided tours through this amalgam of small town and big city
  • Tips on where to dine, have a drink, and shop
  • Clear neighborhood maps and vital public transportation and parking details
  • Trivia about local culture, neighborhood history, and architecture

Each self-guided tour includes full-color photographs, a map, and need-to-know details like distance, difficulty, and more. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a “Points of Interest” section lists the highlights of every tour. Walking Milwaukee provides the perfect path for a weekend or an after-work ramble. So grab your walking shoes, and become an urban adventurer!

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Price: $15.99
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Imprint: Wilderness Press
Series: Walking
Publication Date: 01 September 2020
ISBN: 9781643590219
Format: eBook
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“I love it. People can learn from this book and learn about neighborhoods that maybe they have never checked out before.”
—Angelica Duria, FOX6 News Milwaukee

“The perfect pandemic activity.”
—Bobby Tanzilo, OnMilwaukee

Royal Brevvaxling is a writer, educator, and visual artist with a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He works at two Milwaukee-based colleges, teaching communications and humanities courses, and regularly self-publishes zines documenting his travels with his partner, the co-author of this book. Royal’s visual art often focuses on constructions of class and gender, as well as portraits of Frankie, the chihuahua. His photographs have been published in OnMilwaukee, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and Details magazine, among others. Molly Snyder loves Milwaukee. Born, raised, and a resident of Brew City for her entire adult life, Molly graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a degree in English and even has a “Milwaukee” tattoo stretched across her left forearm. Today, she lives in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood with her partner, Royal Brevvaxling (co-author of this book); two sons, Kai River and Levi; and chihuahua, Frankie. Molly has worked for OnMilwaukee for almost two decades as a senior writer, editor, and manager. Her work with OnMilwaukee earned six Wisconsin Press Club awards. She appears weekly on WISN Channel 12 News, is a regular contributor on numerous radio stations, and co-hosts the podcast Dandelions: A Podcast for Women.

Authors’ Note and Dedication

Locator Map

Introduction

1. Juneautown: The Heart of Milwaukee

2. The Brewery Neighborhood: Old World to New Visions

3. Third Ward: Where Art, Fashion, and Nature Meet

4. Upper East Side: Eat, Drink, and Declare Your Major

5. Bronzeville: Jazz and Justice

6. Bluemound Heights: It Must Be the Custard

7. Bay View North: A Hot Spot with a History

8. Bay View South: Beautiful Parks in a Strong Community

9. Pigsville: Come for the Bacon, Stay for the Beer

10. Brady Street: Funky, Foodie, and Fun

11. Walker’s Point: Second Street: Under the Polish Moon

12. Walker’s Point: Fifth Street: Motorcycles and Bottomless Baskets of Chips

13. West Historic Mitchell Street: Minowakiing and the Polish Grand Avenue

14. Chavez: Churches, Tacos, and Community

15. Lakefront: A Great Place by a Great Lake

16. The East Side: Up Prospect, Down Farwell

17. Riverwest’s Center Street: Peace, Love, and Punk Rock

18. Marquette: A West Side Story

19. Historic Concordia: Victorian Romance Is in the Air

20. RiverWalk: Urban Beauty on the Water

21. Miller Valley: The Beer and the Bikers Go with the Flow

22. Vliet Street: Local Shops at Their Best

23. Sherman Park: Where Green Space Meets Gorgeous Architecture

24. Mount Mary: Quintessentially West Side

25. Northridge Lakes: Nature’s Beauty and Urban Decay

26. Jackson Park: A College, a Cathedral, and Classic Pizza

27. Lincoln Village: Diversity at Its Best

28. Historic Layton Boulevard: Vintage Homes and The Domes

29. Polonia: The Old South Side

30. Silver City: Trails and Thai Food

31. Story Hill: Beautiful Homes and Baseball

Appendix: Walks by Theme

Index

About the Authors