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It’s been more than 40 years since the late Robert Harland first had the idea of creating the hands-on science center that would become Discovery World.
Back in 1999, Time Warner Cable was looking for new, larger digs and it was considering two spots: the former Gimbels building on Wisconsin Avenue and the hulking old red brick Commerce Street Power Plant. Fortunately, it choose the latter, potentially saving it.
Milwaukee Academy of Science staff and supporters celebrated on Thursday the opening of the school’s new $1.7 million gymnasium, the second of a two-phased expansion of its near west side campus.
New plaza, reopened Brown Bottle, emphasis on history mark changes to former Schlitz campus.