USA Sprawl Festival continued: Milwaukee [Archive]

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James Bond Agent 007

Nov 9, 2006, 6:12 AM

Link to the first thread in this series.
Note: Please do not reply to this first thread inthe series anymore, it's too big. ;)
USA Sprawl Festival (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=112959)

Or, click on the following links to see just individual cities in that thread:

Kansas City (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2240987&postcount=1)
Some northern Denver suburbs (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2241038&postcount=3)
Albuquerque (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2241043&postcount=4)
Seattle (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2241046&postcount=6)
Las Vegas (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2241049&postcount=7)
Dallas-Fort Worth (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2241120&postcount=15)
Some western & southern Minneapolis suburbs (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2241150&postcount=16)
Orange County, California (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2242458&postcount=33)
Philadelphia (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2243795&postcount=39)
Tucson (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2244020&postcount=40)
Orlando (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2246260&postcount=54)
Northern Virginia/DC (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2248127&postcount=77)
Cleveland (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2248415&postcount=79)
Houston (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2250662&postcount=126)
Atlanta (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2252845&postcount=148)
Indianapolis (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2255900&postcount=169)
Long Island, New York (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2258869&postcount=186)
Jacksonville (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2262283&postcount=188)
Boston (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2288881&postcount=198)

And the 2nd round ones:

Phoenix-East (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=115970)
Phoenix-South (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=115974)
Phoenix-North (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=115972)
Phoenix-West (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=115971)
Portland (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=116211)
Silicon Valley (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=2342500)
Los Angeles (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=116366)
San Bernardino County (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=116460)
San Diego - south (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=116473)
San Diego - north (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=116668)
Buffalo (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=2364201)
Broward County, Florida (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117116)
Dallas-Fort Worth II (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117213)
Riverside County, California (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117511)
Denver - south suburbs (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118325)
Orange County II (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118331)
Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118454)

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MILWAUKEE

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8309/milwaukee1kw2.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9469/milwaukee2hh4.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9671/milwaukee3of8.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8840/milwaukee4jo3.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2064/milwaukee5mq8.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1475/milwaukee6ng2.jpg

Not sprawl.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5765/milwaukee7yp6.jpg

More not sprawl.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4831/milwaukee8mg1.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3558/milwaukee9ad5.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8416/milwaukee10bl9.jpg

Not sprawl. Pretty darn nice, in fact.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4877/milwaukee11hf6.jpg

Nicer still. Looks almost like one of those English towns I posted in the other set. ;)
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/4984/milwaukee12tf0.jpg

Not really sprawl, but not super-dense, either. Some inner-city stuff north of downtown Milwaukee. Notice a few new houses being built in the center-left.
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/1172/milwaukee13zr3.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7788/milwaukee14pa6.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3348/milwaukee15ia9.jpg

New church, new houses, new apartment.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4144/milwaukee16tp4.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3163/milwaukee17lx2.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4313/milwaukee18ii8.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/5791/milwaukee19un7.jpg

Yay, a mall.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4166/milwaukee20kp6.jpg

More un-sprawl.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9057/milwaukee21kh0.jpg

Older sprawl.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7848/milwaukee22jt2.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3405/milwaukee23ln0.jpg

Industrial sprawl.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/940/milwaukee24nt5.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7591/milwaukee25se0.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/6159/milwaukee26mv3.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4350/milwaukee27ns5.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2965/milwaukee28wf4.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4787/milwaukee29bs2.jpg

Another break from the sprawl. Phew.
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1882/milwaukee30cn9.jpg

Now a break from un-sprawl as well as sprawl.
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5648/milwaukee31bd3.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5215/milwaukee32ul1.jpg

Wheelingman04

Nov 10, 2006, 7:46 PM

YAY Milwaukee!!!!!!!!

Monetto

Nov 11, 2006, 1:35 AM

I thought 007 was supposed to be a good guy. Why do you keep doing this to us? :( :( :(

James Bond Agent 007

Nov 11, 2006, 8:29 AM

^
What they don't tell you in the movies is that 007 is really a double-agent who likes to create mischief and mayhem wherever he goes. :angel:

Upward

Nov 11, 2006, 9:04 AM

i_am_hydrogen

Nov 11, 2006, 9:10 AM

James Bond Agent 007

Nov 11, 2006, 9:48 AM

What's the point of these threads?

They show that every city has sprawl, but the replies are invariably really critical of cities that everyone knows has sprawl, and pretty nonchalant for cities people don't want to admit have sprawl.
What's the point of any picture thread? :shrug:

I've gotten a lot of good comments, so some people seem to like 'em.

But don't worry, I'm starting to run out of cities. ;)

Smron

Nov 12, 2006, 2:27 AM

These photos are revolting.

creamcityleo79

Nov 12, 2006, 2:40 AM

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4144/milwaukee16tp4.jpg
This is RIGHT down the street from where we live...like a mile or less!

Marcu

Dec 6, 2006, 8:18 AM

It's too dense. Lower the density by about 20% and Milwaukee will officially become Chicago's satellite town.

CGII

Dec 10, 2006, 5:46 PM

Milwaukee also has some pretty nice inner ring suburbs. My parents happen to live in one of them, Wauwatosa. Gridded streets, no cul de sacs, old homes, quarter-acre lots, urban retail close to the sidewalk. Shorewood and Whitefish Bay are also beautiful--for suburbs.

I actually grew up in Wauwatosa. Regret ever moving.

I think it's really quite sad I oculd show you where about half of these photos were taken.

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4787/milwaukee29bs2.jpg
This one's rather deceptive. I'm almost positive this is on Silver Spring Drive, which is surrounded pretty much by moderately dense, somewhat run down neighbourhoods (one of the city's more infamous projects is a few blocks West).

Evergrey

Dec 10, 2006, 5:52 PM

Looks a lot like the Buffalo Sprawl Festival.

arcite

Dec 10, 2006, 6:08 PM

There's so much....concrete.

BG918

Dec 10, 2006, 9:59 PM

I find these threads interesting because while every U.S. city has sprawl, it comes in different forms in different parts of our vast country. The sprawl in say Seattle is completely different than the sprawl in Miami, and the sprawl in Atlanta is completely different than the sprawl in Phoenix, etc. It's interesting in a revolting sort of way. Keep 'em coming 007, if you ever do Tulsa or Oklahoma City you'll see some really "great" sprawl! :)

marcus

Dec 10, 2006, 11:49 PM

I like these threads. Have you done Baltimore yet?

hauntedheadnc

Dec 11, 2006, 1:32 AM

I'm always amazed by how, when you post sprawl from a wetter climate, how much trees do to soften the visual impact. Not to say it's beautiful, but it could be a lot worse.

James Bond Agent 007

Dec 11, 2006, 6:06 AM

I like these threads. Have you done Baltimore yet?
They don't have much coverage of Baltimore yet (I checked as recently as 2 days ago). The closest is the Northern Virginia stuff and the Phlly stuff. I think they have some eastern Baltimore suburbs but not enough to be interesting.

Detroit is next, followed by Tampa.

James Bond Agent 007

Dec 11, 2006, 6:09 AM

I'm always amazed by how, when you post sprawl from a wetter climate, how much trees do to soften the visual impact. Not to say it's beautiful, but it could be a lot worse.
For some odd reason I actually *like* the desert stuff without trees. Don't ask me why, I don't know. I just do. My "favorite" of all these so far is the Phoenix stuff, especially North Phoenix.