Mitchell Henke News Today

Milwaukee is seeing an increase in bicyclist and pedestrian injuries and deaths.

But not without derision, and the suggestion to create an open-air passageway for the public.

Northwestern Mutual wants to close one block of Cass Street as part of the planned redeveloped office project. A Milwaukee cycling group is opposed.

Northwestern Mutual wants to expand its "commons space" with a public conservatory, terraces and other streetscaping as it embarks on a $500 million office building overhaul project at its downtown Milwaukee headquarters campus.