history

One Bay View building is not like the others. Bay View Terrace is 25-story condominium surrounded by single family homes.

A new state historical marker in Milwaukee honors the city’s Chinese Laundry Era.

An all-girls Catholic High School opened on Milwaukee's northwest side in 1965. Six years later, it shut down. What happened?

"Birds and Blooms’" is local artist Ben Tyjeski’s first-ever art exhibition. His tile art is on display at the Grove Gallery in Walker’s Point until Oct. 18.

Author and Bay View Historian Ron Winkler joins WUWM’s Audrey Nowakowski to explore the history of Humboldt Park, ahead of its 2025 designation as a Bay View Historical Society site.

Dorothy Enderis was the second, and arguably most influential, leader of the Milwaukee Recreation Department. Learn about her and the neighborhood named in her honor.

In 1971, Indigenous activists ripped the plywood off the abandoned Coast Guard station in Milwaukee's McKinley Park and occupied it. They successfully shaped the future, and a mysterious bridge remains.

The Milwaukee Philatelic Society was organized in 1899, making it one of the oldest stamp collecting clubs in the country.

“Brady Street: Portrait of a Neighborhood” is a new documentary screening at the Milwaukee Film Festival that explores the city's historic Brady Street neighborhood from its earliest roots, its eras of immigration, to the present day.

"Extra! Extra! Eat All About It!" features recipes from historic Wisconsin newspapers. We explore the process of creating the book and translating recipes, plus make one of the recipes called, "Swimming Island."