John O. Norquist, Change Agent April 19, 2009 One of the panelists at this week’s annual meeting of the Metropolitan Development Association is John O. Norquist, a former lathe operator and community organizer who later became a state legislator and then mayor. As mayor of Milwaukee from 1988-2004, Norquist oversaw a revision of the city’s... Read more »
Milwaukee’s Park East Freeway Removal In 1971, the first section of Milwaukee’s Park East Freeway, connecting I-43 to downtown, was complete, and a block-wide swath of houses and businesses had been cleared to make way for continuation of the freeway to the lakefront. But neighborhood and environmental activists created sufficient opposition to stop construction... Read more »
