Great Lakes Cities - Page 7

pj3000 · #**121** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 9:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Docere

Jacksonville pizza is better.

Well, yeah... but Jacksonville anything is gonna be at least little bit better.

pj3000 · #**122** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 9:38 PM**

Wow, I titally like the looks of that Barbieres place.

Steely Dan · #**123** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 9:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by pj3000

I titally like the looks of that Barbieres place.

i titally like it too!

but seriously, if you wanna know what the pizza experience in milwaukee felt like during the nixon adminsitration, you gotta check this place out, they haven't changed a damn thing (other than upping their beer game a bit, but what old school place hasn't these days?).

Centropolis · #**124** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 9:39 PM**

from last summer:

onmilwaukee.com

jd3189 · #**125** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 9:40 PM**

Milwaukee has a great urban layout. If Chicago ever got too expensive to move to, this is the next best thing.

Milwaukee WI 9.24.2017 by MBA Photography, on Flickr

The Milwaukee Riverwalk by John December, on Flickr

Downtown Milwaukee by Ian Freimuth, on Flickr

Brady Street neighborhood by Richard Bublitz, on Flickr

pj3000 · #**126** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 9:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

i titally like it too!

but seriously, if you wanna know what the pizza experience in milwaukee felt like during the nixon adminsitration, you gotta check this palce out, they haven't changed a damn thing (other than upping their beer game a bit).

Ha! I didn't catch the "titally"... I'm not editing it, and I think I might start using it when the situation calls for it from now on.

I'm heading to Milwaukee for the first time this Spring... thanks, I'm titally checking Barbiere's out.

Steely Dan · #**127** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 9:53 PM**

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I'm heading to Milwaukee for the first time this Spring...

when in the spring?

if it's late spring, then i HIGHLY recommend renting a kayak and going for a paddle on the milwaukee river. it's one of the coolest ways to experience milwaukee (or really any city with a narrow urban canyon river system).

Centropolis · #**128** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 10:05 PM**

i recommend the pfister...i spent the fourth of july watching fireworks from the lounge on top.

Docere · #**129** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 10:11 PM**

Liking these Milwaukee photos.

Steely Dan · #**130** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 10:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by jd3189

Milwaukee has a great urban layout. If Chicago ever got too expensive to move to, this is the next best thing.

my wife and i came dangerously close to making such a move, but we ultimately decided to compromise on a couple things and stay put in chicago.

but milwaukee was really tempting for its "you can have it all" allure.

i'm hopelessly chicagoan.

to the bone.

pj3000 · #**131** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

when in the spring?

if it's late spring, then i HIGHLY recommend renting a kayak and going for a paddle on the milwaukee river. it's one of the coolest ways to experience milwaukee (or really any city with a narrow urban canyon river system).

Late April. Might be chilly or it could be perfect, but kayaking is right up my alley.

Steely Dan · #**132** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 10:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by pj3000

Late April. Might be chilly or it could be perfect, but kayaking is right up my alley.

these guys haven't posted their 2018 schedule yet, but they might be open in late april (weather permitting).

https://milwaukeekayak.com/

but if they're open, do it! you won't regret it. the rivers of milwaukee are eminently kayakable and the city interacts with its waterways in a really intimate and urban way.

Steely Dan · #**133** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 10:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Docere

Liking these Milwaukee photos.

here are a few more:

Milwaukee WI 9.24.2017 by MBA Photography, on Flickr

Check it out now by Nate V, on Flickr

July 17 by Nate V, on Flickr,

IMG_0997 by Nate V, on Flickr

IMG_0964 by Nate V, on Flickr

the urban politician · #**134** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 11:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

GO HERE!

source: https://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/author...res011513.html

you're welcome.

and be sure to get an order of the garlic bread too. it's fucking epic.

Is it worth a trip from Chicagoland?

And does it matter which of the two locations you go to?

Steely Dan · #**135** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 11:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

Is it worth a trip from Chicagoland?

should you make a special trip just for the pizza? probably not, as there's loads of great pizza in chicago.

but should you go there the next time you're in milwaukee and want some old school pizza? hell yes!

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

And does it matter which of the two locations you go to?

i've only ever been to the original location on the west side of milwaukee.

that's the one pictured above that feels like the '70s on the inside.

go to that one.

LouisVanDerWright · #**136** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 11:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Docere

Liking these Milwaukee photos.

Many parts of Milwaukee are already booming, whoever said Milwaukee lacks vibrant amenity districts is insane:

Brady Street Festival:

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Brady Street Art Walk (like Chicago, multiple annual street festivals are a must for any respectable neighborhood):

bradystreet.org

Milwaukee Bucks Arena and Entertainment District (U/C), note how it's actually a district, like 5 SQ blocks, there are two other arenas directly across the street not including the old Bradley Center that you see above:

The Park East Freeway (Milwaukee is one of the few cities to have stopped freeway construction, then torn out the remainder of the freeway that was built, and then have totally filled in the vacant land again with a dense, urban, area:

preservenet.com

Another shot of the arena development and the Moderne Highrise both built on land in the old freeway corridor:

onmilwaukee.com

onmiwaukee.com

parkeastmke.com

http://parkeastmke.com/about/history/

Before:

wisconsinhighways.org

Third Ward Neighborhood:

travelingwithsweeney.com

Bayview:

Beerline/Brewer's Hill Riverwalk:

The above areas are all like 1 mile or more away from each other, spread all over Milwaukee's downtown.

Many other parts of Milwaukee are just waiting for the redevelopment to arrive:

Historic Mitchell Street, urbanmilwaukee.com

Harley Davidson Musuem foreground, 5th Ward Neighborhood and Rockwell Automation HQ in background. biber.co

softee · #**137** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 11:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

GO HERE!

source: https://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/author...res011513.html

you're welcome.

and be sure to get an order of the garlic bread too. it's fucking epic.

Nice. When I think of a real old school neighbourhood pizza place in Toronto, this place comes to mind. https://goo.gl/maps/mFn8n7j3qb42