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Den Adler
Janesvilleâs Den Adler has looked at life through a series of different lenses.
At one time, the Waunakee native considered entering the priesthood after graduating from St. Francis Minor Seminary in 1961.
In the late 1950s, he pondered his potential as a baseball coach.
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Building part of downtown communication hub
The main portion of the building, which includes a mid-rise addition, was constructed in 1930 for Wisconsin Telephone Co., an AT&T subsidiary later known as Wisconsin Bell Inc., according to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
It was designed in the Elizabethan revival style by noted architect Alexander Eschweiler, whose other Milwaukee works include the former Wisconsin Gas Co. headquarters, 626 E. Wisconsin Ave., and a mansion that now houses the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. Prospect Ave.
The AT&T office tower has long been part of a communications hub in downtown Milwaukee.
It is just northwest of the historic Wells Building, 324 E. Wisconsin Ave., which for decades included among its tenants the Milwaukee operations of telegram carrier Western Union.
One of the more colorful aspects of Northwoods history is that 1930s-era gangsters such as Al Capone, Baby Face Nelson, and John Dillinger spent time in