First settled by Polish immigrants in the mid 1800's and then Italians in the early 1900's, the Brady Street area has a rich history of culture and energy!
As a Marquette student, going to Brady street was always a treat. Especially since I did not have a car. Some very great memories there! Dorsia and Emperor of China are great spots for food!
Thanks for sharing. I attended Cass Street School from 1981 through 1983 for seventh and eighth grade. A lot of us students walked to and from school to the bus stops on Holton Street and Brady. I don't know if it's still there, but we used to buy junk food and candy from a convenience store on Brady between the school and Holton.
back in the 60's we did the hunger hike. It went through brady street. I remember seeing the hippies hanging out of the windows. I grew up on the north side.
I moved to Milwaukee in 1975 to attend mortuary school at MATC (6th & state). I lived and worked at Weiss Funeral Home, now Suminski Funeral Home on Farwell and Kane Place, about 3 blocks north of Bradley Street. It was a very fun place to live, I used to sit on the steps of the funeral home on the farwell side on my weekends to work and visit with people walking up and down farwell street like from midnight to 2:30-3:00 am, Lots of fun and interesting people. It was safe and educational. What happened to Joint Venture on Brady Street, used to visit it frequently, lol. It was a very interesting store and had everything you could imagine. lol. I also would eat quite often at Cousins Subs, on Farwell and Brady and also at Cattoldo’s Italian restaurant on Brady. The mid 70’s to 80 were great. The whole east side was fun. The bars on Farwell and Prospect and North Avenue were great. As Archie Bunker would say, those were the days.
I think I remember that sub shop. For a brief period in the early 90s, I lived on E Royal Place. There was an inside ATM next door of the sub shop that always smelled like the sub shop. There was a Walgreens there also.
I remember Brady Street when I went to UW-Milwakee in the late 60's and the early 70's. It was a great place to get wild posters, beads and music of the time.
