Milwaukee Youth Arts Center breaks ground for expansion project
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Last updated on February 24th, 2021 at 10:38 pm
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Milwaukee Youth Arts Centerbroke ground Tuesday to mark the start of an expansion project within its main building at 325 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee.
The center plans to renovate 42,000 square feet of underused space in the lower level of the building to add two new rehearsal halls, six studios and six small group instruction rooms, and upgrade its mainstage hall on the facility’s main level.
The MYAC campus, which is the home of Milwaukee children’s theater group First Stage and the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, consists of two buildings near the intersection of West Walnut Street and Vel R. Phillips Avenue: the main building at 325 W. Walnut St. and another building across the street at 1702 N. 4
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Ground will be ceremonially broken Tuesday to expand a youth arts center just north of downtown Milwaukee. But it will be done with a sledgehammer.
The organization will expand into the lower level of the building, adding two rehearsal halls, six studios and six small-group instruction rooms. The existing space, spread over a first floor and mezzanine level, includes offices, five rehearsal spaces, nine studio rooms and two practice rooms.
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