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Milwaukee

Milwaukee

About Milwaukee

595,047 in city
1,760,268 in metro
249 km² (96 mi²)
203.91367959 m
Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee was settled in 1836 with incorporation in 1848. It was a major center of German immigration and grew rapidly through the middle of the 20th century, reaching an area of 96 square miles and a peak population of 750,000. Milwaukee has been home to the Schlitz, Miller, Blatz, and Pabst breweries, but it is Schlitz that claims to have made the city famous. Brewery tours (with free samples) are one of the principal attractions, as are the Brewers baseball team which plays in the new retractable-roof Miller Park. Like its neighbor Chicago, Milwaukee's skyline is concentrated near where the river meets Lake Michigan, with a string of highrises extending north along the lake. The new centerpiece of the lakefront is the dynamic Milwaukee Art Museum Quadracci Pavilion designed by Santiago Calatrava S.A.. Milwaukee maintains active sister city relationships with Galway, Ireland, Nuevitas, Cuba, Parma, Italy, Queenstown, South Africa, and Schwerin, Germany.

Zones

Park East (34)

Boroughs

Downtown (359), East Side (123), Far North Side (2), Far Northwest Side (6), Far South Side (11), Far West Side (14), Near North Side (47), Near South Side (64), Northwest Side (3), Southeast Side (4), Southwest Side (3), West Side (55)

Metro Cities

Bayside, Belgium, Bohners Lake, Brookfield, Brown Deer, Browns Lake, Burlington, Butler, Caledonia, Cedarburg, Cudahy, Delafield, Eagle Lake, Elmwood Park, Fox Point, Franklin, Fredonia, Germantown, Glendale, Grafton, Greendale, Hales Corners, Menomonee Falls, Mequon, Milwaukee, Mount Pleasant, Mukwonago, Muskego, New Berlin, Newburg, North Bay, Oak Creek, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, Port Washington, Racine, River Hills, Rochester, Saukville, Shorewood, South Milwaukee, St. Francis, Sturtevant, Thiensville, Union Grove, Waterford, Waterford North, Waukesha, Wauwatosa, West Allis, West Milwaukee, Whitefish Bay, Wind Lake, Wind Point

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
700 All Buildings
570
existing
3
under construction
10
planned
41
unbuilt
76
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 U.S. Bank Center 601 ft 1973
2 Northwestern Mutual Tower 550 ft 2017
3 100 East Wisconsin 549 ft 1989
4 University Club Tower 446 ft 2007
5 Milwaukee Center 426 ft 1988

Building types

No. Type
434 low-rise building
158 high-rise building
20 open-air structure
17 church
14 skyscraper
14 mast (pole)
10 bridge
6 silo
5 stadium
4 hall
3 mast (wired)
3 building with towers
3 lighthouse
2 mast (framework)
2 water tower
1 sculpture
1 house
1 airport tower
1 observation tower
1 fountain

Other buildings

No. Type
9 Famous buildings
17 Buildings with construction images