[milwaukee-electric] Re: 9th street

[Gary Schnabl]

Yes, but...
The (1963?) Retro Milwaukee photo ( 
http://www.retrocom.com/retromilw/Mke-Downtown50s.jpg ) clearly shows 
that in 1963 most of the buildings south of Clybourn were still standing 
well after the East-West Freeway was built and opened in multiple 
stages. My recollection that the earliest "downtown" entrance ramp 
westbound was at 13th or was it 17th Street--with its low-mounted 
traffic signal metering the on traffic so that the freeway would not 
back up with cars. The first rendition of the MU interchange started in 
1964 or thereabouts. By then, most everything along the ROW except the 
GE/Aldrich Chemical building on St. Paul/Hibernia were toast.

Also, it appears from the 1963 shot that a "newer" building was erected 
before 1963 east of the alley from the PROW in the 700 block of Clybourn 
(apparently replacing some of the ancient buildings shown in that block 
in the late-1940s photo

( http://oldmilwaukee.net/forum/download/Tracks.jpg  ). The two? buildings do not appear to occupy the same footprint. Or maybe, I am looking at them differently...


Gary

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On 3/19/2011 2:33 AM, Don L. Leistikow wrote:
> Group:   Dorecrest Poultry as depicted in the photo of M 14 with the two
> KC Birney Cars in tow.. was on Clybourn Street.  As was the Western
> Electric building, further east.
>
> The first leg of the I-94 Freeway was built, it was from downtown to
> 68th street.  As it was built on/over the Rapid Transit Line between 7th
> street and roughly 28th street, all buildings on the south side of
> Clybourn street, were demolished.
>
> The Marquette Interchange, came later.
>
> Don L.


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Gary Schnabl
Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is...

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