This was filmed in 2011, since then there has been road construction every summer, I they plan on finishing them all in about 2 years, but they are already much improved since this was filmed. It's a great city to visit if you've never been here, very underrated for what it has to offer.
There are some neat places in the city, like the Third Ward, Brady street, Mitchell Domes and St. Josephatt Basilica on south 6th, and many spectacular sights just beyond the city. Cedarburg, 15 miles north of downtown, is considered by some the most scenic small town in the state, with a preserved main street, waterfalls and covered bridge. Holy Hill and the scenic drive around Kettle Morraine is beautiful. That is 25 miles from Cedarburg. And for those with a little extra time in their schedule, Door County is 3 hours north. It is a peninsula dotted with quaint towns. Even the drive to DC, along highway 42 is worth the extra 45 minutes it requires. The Southwest quarter of the state, known as the "Driftless" because the glacier never passed over it, is full of rolling hills and valleys, without the rock formations that are seen in the other parts of the state. Wisconsin is full of spectacular landscapes, small scenic towns, and very friendly residents.
Wow has my city changed so much in less then a decade!! Dude I kid you not, if you come back and re-film this, there’d be SUCH an difference lol. It looked nice back then but now we’ve re-done the whole downtown highway/freeway structure, we have a brand new very tall and beautiful all glass skyscraper added along our other skyscrapers, the Milwaukee Bucks have an brand new state of the art arena that has re-vamped the entire northwest part of our downtown and a bunch of new high-rise condominiums!! It’s actually amazing seeing how not too long ago you’ve filmed this and the difference it is today! Wow just wow! Great job Milwaukee
Brought my kid up on vacation from small city Texas. You should have seen her eyes when I pulled directly into the garage for the museum from the freeway.
The grassy area next to the tunnel entrance, was the spot many Marquette High students used to hitch hike home, to the upper east side. That was common in the 70's.
Old video, but glad you enjoyed your visit. Be sure to come back and take a look around again. Much has changed, and most of those streets have been resurfaced.
By the way Milwaukee looks like a bright clean city & what i like the most about this city is that's it's located alongside lake Michigan....it's a bonus to be alongside a large lake that looks like a ocean or mountains that soar high above a city....now take me to Kitsilano beach, the beach is located in Vancouver Canada.
You should do a new video of Milwaukee and take the hoan bridge to show a beautiful view of the US Bank and the Northwestern mutual tower and the other buildings.
Agree. My last vist there was 2003 after my mom died and I sold her home. I lived on the Northwest side. Maybe DownTown has improved with it's new streets and buildings but where I used to live is now rundown and scary to even walk on the street. I moved to Minnesota I miss my old Milwaukee and all it had.
Wow Beautiful. Im a Chicagoan but lived in Mil for about 10 years n miss it a lot. I still love the place. Met my Life Partner there n brought him back with me 26 years ago. :) Great People in Wisconsin.
Wow I was there way back in 1991-92 when Dahmer got arrested...I used to walk by his building on 25th St on my way to Marquette university. Long time ago. Funny how life goes on.
Beautiful old Downtown, City Hall, Eastside, Bay View, Third Ward, Lakefront festivals. Sure, the Old Girl has her ugly and ratty side. What other US city that was dependent on heavy manufacturing since the late 1800s hasn't?
The Third Ward was considered tired part of the downtown area, but no longer. Preservationsits in WIs have done wonders for different communities. Two beautiful landmarks in Cedarburg, the large Catholic church on the south end of town and the Washington House hotel, were both in danger of being torn down in the mid 1970's. Both were preserved. The Mayor of Cedarburg in 1975, fought to preserve the Catholic church in town, despite the Msgr / pastor wanting to have it torn down. Never could figure that one out.
I was just in Milwaukee this past weekend as my daughter will be attending Marquette University this fall. I recognized a lot of sites and you really did a good job capturing the feel of the city.
I like the music with your video, very well put together. I haven't seen many videos that are well put together like yours. I do see other copying and learning from you which by the way is very cool.
It was early on a Saturday morning when I filmed this. I purposely wanted to film in minimal traffic, it makes for a better video. I'm sure they would be more lively during the weekday.
The music for the videos is listed in detail in the closing credits and is mentioned at 3:15 of the video. The previous video you asked about (I-94/I-794 I mentioned it at the 1:00 mark). This video also shows the song and title just under the screen with a link to buy the song.
Look up on the google "Retro Milwaukee" where people who lived there for decades tell about what they remember about Milwaukee that most is not there anymore. I lived there from 1952 to 1988. The last time I was there was 2003.
The #1 complaint about Milwaukee, was always the roads. Sometimes when there was excessive snow in the winter, there were issues with potholes in the roads, but the city crews were always doing a diligent job getting them repaired.
After living in MKE for 15 years I can say that this amount of traffic is normal. It gets *slightly* busy at lunch time / 5pm and the worst it gets is around the stadiums during events.
Buen día. El vídeo lo hicieron un Domingo?, lo pregunto porque la ciudad la veo con muy poco trafico y pocas personas. Estoy conociendo la ciudad por medio de vídeos porque pienso realizar mis estudios de Ingles allá. Saludos
Wisconsin is one of the most under-rated and under the radar, vacation destinations. My guess is 80% of Milwaukee County and Ozaukee County residents do not know where Washington Island is located and 99% have never visited. Wisconsin residents are fine with not having the huge crowds one sees in Zion or Yellowstone.
Poor Milwaukee; it's like the little kid that receives no respect, compared to big brother Chicago. After extensively exploring Milwaukee in Google Streetview, I would have to say it's one of America's most underrated cities; certainly worth a few days of exploration. A lot of gentrification has taken place in the last decade. I can only imagine the potential bonanza of development that'll eventually take place along the former ROW of the old Park Freeway. Nice song, by the way.
Milwaukee just like Chicago we’re just smaller. So fun cuz you even got Chicago people come to the Mil cuz there are things we got that they don’t got. We got the good and the bad exactly the same as Chicago. Trust me I know used to live in Illinois but born and raised in Milwaukee, my point is been downtown Chicago and south side of Chicago. South side Chicago just like north side of Milwaukee. Clubs downtown Milwaukee are so fun. Latinos in hoods in Chicago just like south side Latino hoods in Milwaukee lol. Got 414 in my veins got tat of Milwaukee 414 and Wisconsin on my arm lol and been all over Chicago letting it known where I’m from 💯
Milwaukee is far different. Milwaukee has always had been a small town in so many ways. Chicago was always an International city, with big city feel and culture.
@@maxsmith695 yet Milwaukee has the biggest music fest in the world, look it up called Summerfest. Chris Gardener was born in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee that movie Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith playing him would of never been made, Oprah Winfrey grew up in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee she wouldn’t be who she is, Gene Widler was born in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee that classic movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory would of never been made...yeah small city tho huh
@@asrealasitgets7798 Oprah lived in Milwaukee from 1963-1964. Her biography says she lived in a very dangerous neighborhood in Milwaukee. OMG ! That is pure nonsense. I worked in the black ghetto of Milwaukee from 1978-1982 and it was safe. I was white and I cannot say enough nice things about the black residents who lived there. I delivered ice to nearly every liquor store, gas station and grocery store in the ghetto. I would have done the job for free, it was that much fun.
@@maxsmith695 what I heard about Chicago back in those days wasn’t bad and I mean south side Englewood for example...now those days are over there Chicago’s bad yeah, but has almost 3 million people so of course all those murders but for the fact ratio is the realistic evaluation Milwaukee is worse matter a fact Milwaukee is the 6th most dangerous cities in America. Chicago 15% of homicide where Milwaukee 18% chance and I been all thru south side of Chicago late at night on weekend 10pm-2am, nothing happened didn’t even hear gunshots...where as in Milwaukee you don’t even gotta be in the dark cuz you still get shot at a park. I’ve almost gotten shot 4 times on north side 11th and Locust, south side 23rd and Becher, 14th and Grant, 15th and Arthur and when I was young 26th and Grant...moral of the story, I feel safer in Chicago at night than Milwaukee in morning, evening and night
@@asrealasitgets7798 I worked at 27th and Wells, and 8th and Mitchell. Streets totally safe before 1984. The police chief was exceedingly stern with the public, esp POC, and the streets like 16th, Wisconsin, Wells, 3rd, Burleigh, etc. were flooded with police cars, all the time. The 100 man Tactical Squad, drove 3 officers to a car and in their unmarked cars, roamed the inner city. From Brady and Farewell to National and 6th up to 35th over to 35th and Hampton. They worked with about 8-9 units on duty at one time, in the evenings, and were hand picked for their toughness. Add in Judge Seraphim, who gave exceedingly long prison sentences to lawbreakers, like 5-10 time longer than others and the streets were very quiet most days. The Police chief always got a standing ovation year in the annual July 4th Schlitz parade though downtown. After 1984, there were many changes made to policing the city, and lawbreakers seems to get the upper hand by 1990. Many businesses exited to Ozaukee county or Waukesha county and those departures, changed the character of the city. My guess is the influx of immigrants into the city, will change it back to a safe area. Whether those are from Mexico, Africa or the Middle East. These cultures often settle in an area with many, many extended family, buy the homes and begin businesses. I have seen this with the Chaldean culture, Somali culture and Mexican culture in which they moved into depressed areas, and made them much better and crime vanished !
Nice downtown?? Apparently you never been there. It's boring/lame as fuck. The best place in the Mid-west is definitely Chicago. This state is the worse on the map.
Freewayjim"Comparing Milwaukee to Chicago is not a FAIR comparison"...No, it's a very SAD comparison. Yes!! I'm glad we agree that Chicago is BETTER. It's the place to be in the mid-west.
SantaBadd BTW, I'm from Atlanta, I only spent one night and a morning in Milwaukee just to see it, so I don't know enough to comment, from a road standpoint it's a pretty interesting place but it's just a small-medium sized midwestern city, Chicago is a huge international city, no comparison at all...like comparing a good high school QB to an NFL QB.
Never been in the USA ? Well do not think that Milwaukee is a great place to go unless you are going to Summer Festives, or eating in some of Milwaukee's great resturants! What part of Milwaukee does your family live?
