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Milwaukee

Places : Great Lakes Region : Wisconsin : Milwaukee

Official Destination Contact Information

VISIT Milwaukee

648 North Plankinton
Suite 425
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203

(414) 273-7222
(800) 231-0903
www.visitmilwaukee.org

Title: RiverWalk
Posted by: Greater Milwaukee Convention & Visitors Bureau

Introduction

A friendly Midwestern atmosphere prevails in Milwaukee, which is not so much a city as a large collection of neighborhoods situated on the shores of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin's largest city is an international seaport and the state's primary commercial and manufacturing center. Modern steel-and-glass high-rises occupy much of the downtown area, but they share the skyline with restored and well-kept 19th-century buildings from Milwaukee's early heritage.

First settled by Potawatomi and later by French fur traders in the late 18th century, the city boomed in the 1840s with the arrival of German beer brewers, whose influence is still present. Milwaukee is known as a city of festivals, the biggest being Summerfest (the "World's Largest Music Festival"), held in late June and early July.

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