Celebrate Summer in the City with the Pfister Hotel
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N MARSHALL ST N CASS ST NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL N CASS ST TOWER AND COMMONS MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM E MASON ST OAK LEAF TRAIL LEAF OAK CELEBRATE SUMMER IN THE CITY WITH THE PFISTER HOTEL NORTHWESTERN Take a stroll from the historic Pfister Hotel to the MUTUAL jewel of Milwaukee, the Lake Michigan lakefront. Along the way, explore the Sculpture Milwaukee GAS LIGHT THE CALLING BUILDING 2018 additions to Wisconsin Avenue, and the WISCONSIN AVE notable landmarks as you walk toward the NORTH world’s seventh largest body of freshwater. N CASS ST BETTY BRINN (Approximate distance .5 miles) N VAN BUREN ST CHILDREN’S MUSEUM N JACKSON ST LAKE MICHIGAN N JEFFERSON ST MILWAUKEE FEDERAL N MILWAUKEE ST BUILDING US BANK BUILDING THE PFISTER HOTEL Bike Rental 424 E Wisconsin Ave. Opened in 1893, this Romanesque Revival building was designed by Charles Koch. The hotel hosts the largest private collection of Victorian Art in the city. The modern Bike Rental 23-floor guest tower was added to the hotel after the N LINCOLN MEMORIAL DR Marcus family purchased the building in 1962. E MICHIGAN ST DISCOVERY WORLD SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE US BANK CENTER SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE MOOD SCULPTURE, 2017 UNTITLED SEER (ALICE II), 2005 Continue to explore the lakefront using the Oak Leaf Trail. 777 E Wisconsin Ave. 411 E Wisconsin Ave. (BURGHER WITH EXTENDED ARM), 2014 720 E Wisconsin Ave. Follow this public trail in either direction to enjoy Lake At 42 stories, this is Wisconsin’s tallest building. The 1973 Artist Tony Tasset 611 E Wisconsin Ave. Artist Kiki Smith Michigan. The trail is a multi-use trail, so be mindful that construction boasts more than 5,000 windows and stands fiberglass Artist Liz Glynn white auto body paint on bronze you will share the path with joggers, bikers, skaters and an impressive 601 feet tall. bronze, ed. ll/VI lifetime casts, leashed pets. II APs & VI posthumous cast SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE BAM (SEATED WARRIOR), 2017 SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE LOVE, 1966-2000 NORTH OF WISCONSIN AVENUE BIG TIME, 2016 500 E Wisconsin Ave. (located in planter) 720 E Wisconsin Ave. PADDLEBOAT Artist Sanford Biggers WISCONSIN GAS COMPANY BUILDING 777 E Wisconsin Ave. Artist Robert Indiana .3 Miles polished bronze Artist Richard Deacon polychrome aluminum, ed. RENTAL 626 E Wisconsin Ave. painted and lacquered stainless steel Constructed in 1930, this Art Deco, 22-story building KITE RENTAL .6 Miles is headquarters to the state’s oldest utility company. In 1956, a neon flame was added to the top of the SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE THE CALLING PEDAL BOAT/ THE FEDERAL BUILDING AND US COURTHOUSE building, which was converted to LED lighting in 2016. HALF BIG SUIT, 2016 PADDLE BOARD/KAYAK/ .6 Miles The flame, a beloved part of the skyline, predicts the By artist Mark di Suvero, 1982. The 40-foot-tall sculpture CANOE RENTAL 517 E Wisconsin Ave. weather each night. Use this handy rhyme to interpret 777 E Wisconsin Ave. is constructed of steel beams and was commissioned by This granite, Romanesque Revival building was designed the color of the flame: Artist Erwin Wurm an anonymous donor. The piece is meant to evoke the MCKINLEY MARINA 1.5 Miles lacquered aluminum, ed. image of the rising sun. by US Treasury Dept architect Willoughby J. Edbrooke “When the flame is red, it’s warm weather ahead!/ When and completed in 1892. Originally built to serve as the NORTHPOINT the flame is gold, watch out for cold!/ When the flame is 1.8 Miles Post Office, Courthouse and Customs House, this gem blue, there’s no change in view!/ When there’s a flickering CUSTARD STAND SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE is open to visitors during regular business hours. To see flame, expect snow or rain! the ornate, Victorian atrium, guests are required to pass THE GROUP OF FIVE, 2014 BRADFORD BEACH 2.1 Miles through a security checkpoint. THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM 875 E Wisconsin Ave. The most celebrated section of this multi-sectional Artist Magdalena Abakanowicz SOUTH OF WISCONSIN AVENUE bronze building is the Quadracci Pavilion, designed in 2001 by world-renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. If NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL HEADQUARTERS the weather and wind speeds cooperate, you can watch LAKESHORE STATE PARK .2 Miles the wings, which span an impressive 217 ft., raise and SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE 720 E Wisconsin Ave. SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE FEATURED PIECE lower each day at 10 AM, Noon and 5 PM. Cross the BLUE BRA GIRLS, 2012 Designed by Marshall & Fox in the Classical Revival style, REASON TO BE, 2017 Reiman Pedestrian Bridge, the cable-stayed footbridge, SUMMERFEST GROUNDS .5 Miles 526 E Wisconsin Ave. this building was completed in 1914. This 8-story building 929 E Wisconsin Ave. to enter Windhover Hall, which features a vaulted, 90 ft. Artist Ghada Amer features 10 Corinthian columns, which are echoed in the Artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins glass ceiling free of charge. Ticket holders have access to cast, polished stainless steel, ed. company logo. decommissioned bus shelter, stained glass the whole museum. .