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Neighborhood charm and a spiritual connection to Lake Michigan. By Cari Taylor-Carlson - May 6th, 2021 01:28 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Homes overlooking Lake Michigan on S. Shore Drive. Photo by Cari Taylor-Carlson. Distance: Two miles or three, with the extension on S. Shore Dr. Start: At the corner of Russell Ave. and Kinnickinnic Ave. Bay View hasn’t always been the bucolic neighborhood we see today on the shore of Lake Michigan. It first developed as an industrial suburb when Eber Brock Ward from Detroit established the Milwaukee Iron Company in 1868. Picture what is now the south end of the Hoan Bridge, with iron forges belching sooty smoke and a beehive of activity for as many as 1,500 iron workers. ....