Milwaukee is more the big city of the State of the Wisconsin and the 25^ème city of the United States by its population. The city is the seat of the Comté of Milwaukee in the south-east of Wisconsin on the edges of the Lake Michigan. It is located has approximately 150 km in the north of Chicago. Its population is approximately 573.378 people in an agglomeration of approximately 1.753.355 inhabitants.

The first Europeans to be crossed in this area was French missionaries and salesmen of furs. In 1818, Canadian-French Solomon Juneau is established close to the current site of the city, and in 1846 the town of Juneau was combined has two other cities close for built-in the town of Milwaukee. A great number of German and other immigrants helped to increase the population of the city during the following years 1840 and decades.

Once known almost exclusively as a great center of mixing and industry, Milwaukee took measures these last years to reorganize its image, mainly by the revitalization of its downtown area. During the previous decades, new additions with the downtown areas were made such as the Milwaukee Riverwalk , the Midwest Airlines Center , an addition with the Milwaukee Art Museum of international repute, and the Discovery World , just like the principal restorations of the Milwaukee Auditorium and U.S. Cellular linen Arena . Moreover, new Skyscraper S, Housing S, Loft S, and Appartement S were built in the vicinity close to banks of the lake.

History

See also: History of Milwaukee

The area of Milwaukee was originally inhabited by the Fox, Mascoutin, Potawatomis, and the Ho-Chunk, of the ethnos groups Amerindian S. the first Europeans to cross the area were the French missionaries and tradesmen between the end of the year 1600 and 1700. The word “Milwaukee” comes from a word algonquin “ Millioke ” which means “Beautiful/Magnifique/Plaisante ground”.

Milwaukee have three “Founding fathers”, among which the French Canadian Solomon Juneau which was the first to be established in the area and founded the city in 1818. Juneau founded a city called Juneau' S Side or Juneautown , which started to accommodate colonists. However, Byron Kilbourn was the equivalent of Juneau on the western part of the Milwaukee river. It there establishes Kilbourntown and made sure that the roads which skirted the river did not join the part is. This explains the presence of the bridge with angles in Milwaukee today. In addition, Kilbourn distributed charts of the area showing only Kilbourntown , wanting to make believe that Juneautown did not exist or that the other side of the river was uninhabited and thus undesirable. The third founding father was George H. Walker. He claimed the grounds in the south of the Milwaukee river, where he built a hut in 1834. This sector developed and became known under the name of Walker' S Point .

During the Years 1840, the three cities grew, just like their competition. Thus, these years were punctuated several battles between the cities, mainly between Juneautown and Kilbourntown , which culminated with the Milwaukee Bridge War of 1845. After the Bridge War , it was decided that the best thing which can be made was to officialize the union of the cities. Consequently, on January 31st, 1846 they amalgamated to form the town of Milwaukee; the first elected mayor was Solomon Juneau. As from the years 1840, a great number of German immigrants arrived at Milwaukee whose population increased quickly. At the 20th century, the city counted more the German-speaking ones and newspapers of German language that english-speaking and English newspapers.

Starting from the middle of the 19th century, Wisconsin and the area of Milwaukee became two of the privileged destinations of the German immigrants who fled the Révolution of Mars. In Wisconsin they at low prices found grounds and the freedom which they sought. The German heritage and the influence are still very present besides in the area of Milwaukee. In addition to the Germans, Milwaukee accepted many immigrants coming from Poland, Italy, Ireland and also from Juifs originating in Central and Eastern Europe. In 1910, Milwaukee (as well as New York City) had one of the highest percentages of inhabitants abroad born in the United States.

At the end of the 19^ème Milwaukee century saw appearing its first suburbs. Bay View, mentioned above existed of 1879 to 1886 like independent village. In March 1889, this city had protested during four days and it one day ago of riots against the Chinese launderers, following allegations concerning the bad conduct of two Chinese with respect to young white minors. In 1892, Whitefish Bay, South Milwaukee, and Wauwatosa was built-in. They were followed by Cudahy (1895), North Milwaukee (1897) and East Milwaukee, known later as a Shorewood, in 1900. The beginning of the 20^ème century saw the addition of West Allis (1902) and West Milwaukee (1906), which finished the first belt of suburbs of the city.

During first half of the 20^ème century, Milwaukee was the hearth of the Socialisme to the the United States. Milwaukee 3 socialist mayors during this period: Emil Seidel (1910-1912), Daniel Hoan (1916-1940), and Frank Zeidler (1948-1960). It remains the only principal city of to have made country the thus. Often called the Sewer Socialists , the Socialists of Milwaukee were characterized by their approach of the government and work. During this same period, small, but budding locality of Afro-Américain S which emigrated of the south formed what was going to be known under the name of Bronzeville.

Milwaukee continued to grow enormously until in 1950s. Milwaukee accommodated immigrants of Ireland, of Germany, Hungary, Poland and another nation of the center of Europe. With the important surge of immigants, Milwaukee became one of the 15 plus big cities of the United States and, in the Sixties, its population reached 750.000 inhabitants. Towards the end of this same period, like other city of the Rust Belt , Milwaukee saw its population starting to decline because of several factors, of which the job loss of the workmen and the phenomenon of White flight . However, recently, the city made efforts to improve its economy, its districts and its image, whose result are the revitalization of the districts of the city like the Historic Third Ward, the East Side and, more recently, Bay View, with new trade in its downtown area. The city continues to make plans for projects to come. Had mainly with the efforts made to preserve its history, in 2006 Milwaukee one of the " was named; Distinctive Dozen Destinations" by the National Trust for Historic Safeguarding.

Geography and climate

Geography

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Milwaukee is along banks of the Lake Michigan where three rivers have to them not junction: the river Menomonee, the river Kinnickinnic and the river Milwaukee. Moreover smaller rivers, like the river Root and Lincoln Creek cross the city. Because of the width of the Lake Michigan, the sea front of Milwaukee resembles more that of an ocean than to that of a lake.

The ground where Milwaukee is relatively flat, except with regard to the small hills with a half mile with north and 4 miles in the south of the downtown area.

According to the United States Census Office, the city has an entire surface of 251,0 km ². 248,8 km ² are grounds and 2,2 km ² of water are 0,88%.

Climate

The localization of Milwaukee in the area of the Big lakes means that the city has a variable time. The hottest month of the year is July, when the maximum temperatures reach on average 28°C, with minimal temperatures going on average until 19°C during the night; January is the coldest month with an average of -3°C, and the minimal ones reaching -11°C on average. On the 50 plus big cities in the United States, Milwaukee have the temperature the lowest averages after Mineapolis.

The proximity of Milwaukee of the Lake Michigan causes a movement of convection, giving flurryes of snow and blizzard, making that the time of Milwaukee is hotter in winter than that of the areas far away from the lake, and is fresher in summer than these same areas. The lake brings a relative Humidité which is, in summer, higher than that which one raises in cities being with same the latitudes.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Milwaukee east of 41°C reached the July 17th 1995. The coldest temperature ever recorded of -32°C is reached the January 17th 1982 and February 4th 1996. In 1982, the event known under the name of Cold Sunday , a temperature of -40°C was reached in certain Banlieue S to 16 km in the north of Milwaukee, Whereas the city itself forever sudden such temperatures.

Demography

According to a census of 2005, there is: 578887 people in Milwaukee. In 2000 there was: 232188 households, and: 135133 families residing in the city.

The United States Census Bureau established that the Community répartion of the population was the following one:

Moreover, 39,5% of Milwaukiens have a African ancestor and 38% a German ancestor . Other important nationalities are the Polish with 12.7%, the Irish with 10%, the English with 5,1%, the Italian with 4,4%, and the French with 3,9%. The Hispanic ones currently concentrate in the district of South Side Barrio in the course of revitalization.

On: 232188 households, 30,5% have a child of less than 18 years, 32,2% are married couples, 21,1% do not have husbands present, and 41,8% are not families. 33,5% of these households are made of a person including 9,5% of a person of 65 or more.

The Middle Age of the population is 31 years. For 100 women it there 91,6 men. For 100 women of 18 or more, there are 87,2 men.

The average revenue of a household is of 23 648,75 € ($ 32.216), and that of a family of 27.800€ ($37 879). The men have an average revenue of 23 663,88€ ($32,244) against 19 092,03€ ($26 013) for the women. The average revenue per capita is of 11 875,50€ ($16 181). Nearly 21,3% to the families and 17,4% of the population lives in lower part of the Poverty line, including 31,6% of those in 18 year old lower part and 11,0% of those of 65 and more.

Between 2005 and 2006, the number of homicides dropped by 15%.

Religion

Milwaukee with the Archdiocese of Milwaukee of Roman Catholic church, the Diocese episcopal of Milwaukee of the episcopal Church of the United States of America, Greater Milwaukee Synod of ELCA and direction of Church Évangélique Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin. The Collège of the Sisters of St Francis has its head office in Milwaukee and other religious orders have also a significant presence in the zone, of which the Jésuite S and the Franciscain S.

Roughly 55% of the residents of Milwaukee were adherent with one of the 188 groups. Among them, 58% were Catholique S, 23% Luthérien S, 3% Méthodiste S, and 2,5% Juif S. the others gather the orthodoxe ones, and the religions of the east.

Education

Primary education and Secondary

Milwaukee is in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), the largest school district of the Wisconsin and one of largest the of the country. In 2006, it had a manpower of 97.762 students and 6100 employees full-time. Milwaukee Public Schools operates as a Magnet school S , the Rufus King High School, Golda Meir School, Riverside University High School, Milwaukee School off Languages, Milwaukee High School off the Arts and Lynde & Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School is examples.

People of Milwaukee 25 years old and more, 84.5% have a diploma of studies superiors, and 27% have the Baccalauréat. (2000)

Universities

The high studies in Milwaukee are dominated by the Université of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (belonging to the system called Université of Wisconsin), though the prestigious seat of the university is with Madison, the capital of the State. Milwaukee shelters also the campus of the Université Inlays in downtown area.

Moreover Milwaukee accommodates the Alverno College, the Université Cardinal Stritch, the Milwaukee Area Technical College, the Institut of Art and Design of Milwaukee, the École of ingenery of Milwaukee, and the Mount Mary College. Others additional colleges are in the suburbs of the city: the Carroll College, the Concordia University Wisconsin, the Medical College off Wisconsin, the St Francis Seminary, the University of Wisconsin-Washington County, the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha and the Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Program check education

In 1990, Milwaukee became the first city in the United States to adopt a program check education (of English " school voucher" ). the program allow the students to receive assistances of the public fund to study in private schools without having to spend money them-even. The school year 2006-2007 exceeded for the first time the 100 million dollars paid in check, since 26% of the students of Milwaukee received these funds.

Policy

Milwaukee have 3 districte Senate of State, each one composed of 3 Assemblies. 12 representatives of the city in the " State Legislature" are Démocrates.

Milwaukee composes overpowering it majority of the Wisconsin' S 4th congressional district . Because of the importance of the Democratic Part, the primary educations for the seat of the council is often regarded as more important than the general elections.

Economy

Milwaukee and its suburbs accommodate the seats of 13 companies of Fortune 1000, which included Johnson Controls, Northwestern Mutual, Manpower Inc., Kohl' S, Harley-Davidson, Rockwell Automation, Fiserv, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Wisconsin Energy, Briggs & Stratton, Total Joy, A.O. Smith, and MGIC Investments. The urban surface of Milwaukee is classified 5^ème in the United States with regard to the number of companies classified in Fortune 500. Milwaukee has also a great number of editor S, of which Quad/Graphics. Milwaukee accommodates also the seats of Midwest Airlines, the Koss Corporation and Master Lock.

The uses of services are those which increase more in the economy of Milwaukee, and the Health care alone occupy 27% of the uses of the city. 22% of the people in age to work are in manufacture, as a second after San Jose (California), and higher than the average national of 16.5%.

Brewery

Milwaukee accommodated four of most important world breweries the (Schlitz, Blatz, Pabst, and Miller), and was classified world number 1 of the production of beer during several years. In spite of a fall in the classification because of the loss of 3 of these breweries, that which remained, major the Miller Brewing Company, kept its status key employers with 1700 workers in the city. Had with the solid position of Miller as a larger second manufacturing beer in the United States, as well as share the presence of its seat world in the city, Milwaukee remains known as a town of breweries although now it represents nothing any more but one fraction of its economy. Milwaukee Brewery, located in " Miller Valley" to 4000 West State Street, is the oldest brewery still in function in the United States.

Culture

Museums

The attraction most cultural of Milwaukee is the Milwaukee Art Museum, especially with its new wings with $100 million drawn by Santiago Calatrava in its first American commission. The museum has a " break soleil" , which déploit like the wings of a bird. In Milwaukee also the America' S Black Holocaust Museum is. Founded by James Cameron, the museum has objects, photographs which show the injustices auxquel the descendants of African dealt with the the United States. The Public Milwaukee Museum, Discovery World Museum, Betty Bit Children' S Museum, Villa Decorative Terrace Arts Museum, the Charles Allis Art Museum, Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory and Milwaukee County Zoo are also important public attractions.

Performing arts

Milwaukee has several places of representation such as the Florentine Opera, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Festival City Symphony, the Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Skylight Opera Theater, First Stage Children' S Theater, Milwaukee Youth Theater, and other organizations such as the Pioneer Drum and Bugle Body. Moreover, Milwaukee is the place or is held important artistic appointments as with the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Pabst Theater, The Rave/Eagles Ballroom, Riverside Theater, and Milwaukee Theater.

Festivals

Milwaukee, " In Great Place there is Great Lake" (either: " A great place on large a lac" ) it is also called " City off Festivals" ( " The city of the festivals" ) organizing each year a fair on the edges of the lake called Summerfest. Being registered in the Guinness Book off World Records like largest Festival of music in the world, Summerfest attracts nearly 1.000.000 of visitor per annum.

With Summerfest, Milwaukee acueille also large varieties of ethnic festivals through the summer. Mainly concentrated on the edges of the lake (Summerfest) these festivals last several days (typically Friday plus the weekend) and celebrate the history and the diversity of Milwaukee. PrideFest - a celebration of the community LGBT of Milwaukee generally gives the kickoff of the season of the festivals at the beginning of June. The season is completed by Indian Summer at the beginning of September. The Greek Polish, , the Italian French, , the German, the Afro-American S, the Arab S, the Irish, the Amerindian S, the Asian S and the Mexican celebrate their varied cultural heritages.

Music

See also: Music in Milwaukee

Milwaukee has a musical long story. The first organization of music, called the " Milwaukee Beethoven Society" , was formed in 1843,3 years before the city is not built-in. This organization was to replace later by the Milwaukee Musical Society .

The great concentration of German immigrant contributed to develop the character musical of the city. The Saengerbund festivals took place regularly. The foundation of the Academy of music of Wisconsin take place in 1899.

More recently, Milwaukee saw being born a great development from the Rock, Hip hop, Jazz, Soul, Blues, punk, Ska, undue, Gothic Rock, Electronica and pop. Appointments with the Pabst Theater, Marcus Amphitheater, Riverside Theater, The Northern Theater Lights, and The Rave known and are universally criticized in Milwaukee.

WJZI is a local radio specialized in the Smooth jazz

Sport

See also: Sports in Milwaukee

Milwaukee has a rich person sporting history as much professional than amateur. Currently, these major sporting teams are:

Transport

See also: Milwaukee (Amtrak station)

Two of principal the Interstate highway S of Wisconsin crosses Milwaukee. Interstate 94 coming from the north of Chicago enters Milwaukee and continuous towards the west towards Madison. The Interstate 43 enters Milwaukee to south-west and continuous to north towards Green Bay. Milwaukee has 2 branches of interstate highway, Interstate 894 and Interstate 794. I-894 extends from the western suburbs towards the southern suburbs, deviated with the downtown area. I-794 extends from the east, of the Marquette Interchange with the Lake Michigan before turning to the south on the Hoan Bridge until the airport.

Milwaukee is also served by 3 US highway. U.S. Road 18 connects the downtown area to the west. U.S. Road 41 and U.S. Road 45 allows the parts north and south to serve the west.

The U.S. Road 41, which connects the city to Fox Valley, is being wide of kind so that it becomes a Interstate. The Interstate 41 would become third principal Interstate of Milwaukee.

Amtrak, the national system of transport of passenger on the rails, serves Milwaukee, uses journalièrement its Empire Builder in the two directions between Chicago Union Station and the Pacifique North-West. The city is also served by the Hiawatha of Amtrak, a service express, used 6 times per day between Milwaukee and Chicago.

The Milwaukee County Transit System (literally: Système of transit of the county of Milwaukee ) gives to the city a service of bus. Moreover, Milwaukee has two airports, the Aéroport Iternational General Mitchell on the southern edge of the city, and smallest Timmerman Field in north.

Recently, Milwaukee became one of the city with the most Cycliste S in the United States. In 2006, it obtained off the bronze medal of the League American Bicyclists , has rarity for has city its size. The city has approximately 65 miles of 65 miles cycle tracks, the majority bordering the rivers and the Lake Michigan.

Media

The principal newspaper of Milwaukee is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . The most important weekly magazine is the Shepherd Express , which is free. Among the other local newspapers, guides and magazines of large distributions noted little Mr. Magazine , Milwaukee Magazine , MKE (magazine) , The Onion , and the Riverwest Currents . OnMilwaukee.com is a magazine of online information.

The Réseau of televised chains major of Milwaukee are WTMJ 4 (NBC), WITI 6 (Fox), WISN 12 (ABC), WVTV 18 (CW), WCGV 24 (MyNetworkTV), and WDJT 58 (CBS). WMLW 41 is a commercial station independent of Milwaukee. The Spanish programs are on WBWT 38 (Azteca America) and WYTU-LP 63 (Telemundo). The pstations of emissions public are WMVS 10 and WMVT 36.

There is several radio stations in Milwaukee and the surrounding area:

See also: List from stations TV in Milwaukee and List from radio stations in Milwaukee

Milwaukiens famous

• Eric Szmanda (actor)
• David Zucker (realizer)
• Jeffrey Dahmer (“the cannibal of Milwaukee”)

Twinnings

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