Gustave Dick News Today

For readers with the means - or for those of us that like to gawp and dream - another Lake Drive stunner has hit the market. This time, its the 1922 home designed by Buemming & Guth for businessman Edward H. Schwartzburg, 3223 N. Lake Dr.

Like most cities, Milwaukee was once dotted with movie palaces - stunningly ornate structures that served to entertain a hard-working public with moving pictures and live performers during the vaudeville era. Heres a look at the most recent to fall.

Perhaps youve seen the Herman and Gertrude Buemming House, near Brady Street. Its looks like a little White House, built almost right up to the sidewalk at 1012 E. Pleasant St. With some big work going on there, we stopped by for a look.

In May 2022, Near West Side Partners announced Concordia 27, a $16 million community center on the northwest corner of 27th and Wells Streets, to be built with $5 million in support from the State of Wisconsin and $2 million in federal funds. We stopped over for a peek at its progress.