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(From left) Santa, Billie and Captain Larry from the hit radio show Billie the Brownie. It’s not quite time for the holidays, but for people who grew up in Milwaukee between the 1930s and 1950s, Billie the Brownie is a familiar character. Milwaukee County Historical Society Billie the Brownie in Joyland. For more than 20 years, families gathered around their radios during the holidays to hear the Billie the Brownie show, featuring Billie, Santa Claus and Captain Larry. Mary Pat Vigil, who grew up on the northwest side of Milwaukee in the 50s, remembers anticipating every broadcast with her siblings. She was the youngest of three. ....
Construction starts on long-planned project to turn old Phillis Wheatley School into apartments. By Jeramey Jannene - Apr 19th, 2021 06:21 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Phillis Wheatley School in April 2021. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Another former Milwaukee Public Schools building will become apartments. Royal Capital Group has closed on its purchase of the former Phillis Wheatley School, 2442 N. 20th St., and is set to begin construction work. The firm will redevelop the four-story building into 42 units of affordable housing and construct a new building on the southern portion of the 3.8-acre site that contains an additional 40 units. The units would have a mix of one, two and three-bedroom layouts. ....
African American, next-gen Milwaukee philanthropists lead $2 million campaign for health equity research Share Last updated on March 5th, 2021 at 01:55 pm Kevin Newell When it comes to the outcomes that the ThriveOn Collaboration is aiming to see – the elimination of health disparities in a historically underinvested part of Milwaukee – Kevin Newell says he’s “all in.” Newell, president and CEO of Royal Capital Group, which is developing the collaboration’s new home on King Drive, has been involved in the real estate side of the project since it was announced over two years ago. But in a demonstration of his personal commitment to the project, he recently contributed $100,000 to a fundraising campaign in support of ThriveOn’s inaugural endowed chair in health equity research. Dr. Leonard Egede, a professor of medicine, chief of the division of general internal medicine, and director of the Center for Advancing Population Science at t ....
Former Gimbels Will Be “Thrive On King” $84.5 million MLK Drive project to have 77 apartments and offices for medical college and Greater Milwaukee Foundation. By Jeramey Jannene - Jan 26th, 2021 03:56 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Schuster’s redevelopment. Conceptual rendering by Engberg Anderson Architects. The former Schuster’s and Gimbels department store at 2153 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. has a new name, again. Actual construction is still expected to begin in the coming weeks. In September, the partners on the $84.5 million project held a virtual press conference to announce the partnership would be known as the ThriveOn Collaboration. Tuesday they gathered virtually again to announce the building itself would be ThriveOn King. ....