Granted, I'm not a great judge of "cosmopolitanism", put I know upscale and forward thinking when I see it. And I saw it Saturday (yesterday). My lovely wife and I took the afternoon to walk the Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee. For those of you unfamiliar with Milwaukee geography, the Milwaukee River runs through the city from Sheboygan County southward to Lake Michigan under the Dan Hoan Bridge just south of Interstate 94. As it winds its way to the lake, it passes many now famous Milwaukee landmarks, like John Hawk's Pub, the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, The Lakeside Brewery, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and the bronze statue of "The Fonz".
The city has, to my amazement and its credit in spite of its socialists (Ziedler) and liberal democrats (Meier, Norquist and Barret) running the place, done a great job by allowing the transformation of this once vital, booming industrial riverfront since collapsed to near ruin into an upscale commercial/residential hub.
The converted factories now house million-dollar condominiums with boat slips for yachts and popular eateries and libation stations. These restaurants and bars are fully accessible by a wooden boardwalk and concrete sidewalks and the stroller is encouraged to stop and partake. There is even a boat tour that stops at three of the places for an hour each while passengers disembark for libations and/or a walk on the Riverwalk.
I Recommend this tour when visiting Milwaukee, but plan it for a day of warm, sunny weather and a Saturday afternoon so activity is apparent bu not crowded, so, not during Summerfest, Harleyfest, Sate Fair week or other popular tourist weekend. We seemed to have chosen the absolute perfect day.
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Boy, you describe this so much better than I did. I just don't know all those big words!
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