DOORS OPEN BLOCK PARTY SEE INSIDE COVER FOR INFORMATION Free access to 170+ buildings and 35+ tours across Milwaukee over 2 days. EXPLORE YOUR CITY! We have a new website— visit doorsopenmilwaukee.org to build your itinerary. Tripoli Shrine Center, photo by Jon Mattrisch, JMKE Photography A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR, WELLS FARGO AND TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS, FOR RECOGNIZING DOORS OPEN WITH AN ART WORKS DESIGN GRANT. DOORS OPEN IS GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM OUR SPONSORS IN-KIND SPONSORS DOORS OPEN MILWAUKEE BLOCK PARTY & EVENT HEADQUARTERS East Michigan Street, between Water and Broadway (the E Michigan St bridge at the Milwaukee River is closed for construction) Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29 PICK UP AN EVENT GUIDE ANY TIME BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM BOTH DAYS ENJOY MUSIC WITH WMSE, FOOD VENDORS, AND ART ACTIVITIES FROM 11 AM TO 3 PM BOTH DAYS While you are at the block party, visit the Before I Die wall on Broadway just south of Michigan St. We invite the public to add their hopes and dreams to this art installation. Created by the artist Candy Chang, Before I Die is a global art project that invites people to contemplate mortality and share their personal aspirations in public. The Before I Die project reimagines how walls of our cities can help us grapple with death and meaning as a community. 2 VOLUNTEER Join hundreds of volunteers to help make this year’s Doors Open a success. Volunteers sign up for at least one, four-hour shift to help greet and count visitors at each featured Doors Open site throughout the weekend. Bonus: Volunteers receive a badge that allows them to jump to the head of lines at Doors Open sites. To sign up, visit doorsopenmilwaukee.org. TICKETED TOURS Tickets went on sale online to Historic Milwaukee members on September 3 and to the general public on September 17. Please visit doorsopenmilwaukee.org to view the tour details and purchase tickets. Please note that many tours have already sold out. Learn about becoming a member of Historic Milwaukee to get early access to 2020 ticketed tours at historicmilwaukee.org. Unless otherwise noted, ticketed tours cost: Ages 12 and over: $10 Ages 6–11: $5 Under 5: Free Proceeds from tour ticket sales support Doors Open and Historic Milwaukee’s mission to raise awareness of Milwaukee’s architecture, history, and the built environment. CHECK OUT THESE FREE TOURS DURING DOORS OPEN Bus Tour of Port Milwaukee, TICKET REQUIRED (FREE) Saturday (9/28) at 8 am, 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, noon, 1 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm Duration: 50 minutes. Capacity: 30 per bus To sign up for the bus tour: While at the Doors Open Block Party, Sign up for the tours starting at 7:30 AM at the Port Administration check out the Historic Milwaukee Store! Building, 2323 S. Lincoln Memorial Dr. First come, first serve. All residents are invited to take a 50-minute bus tour of Port Milwaukee, — 235 E. Michigan St. — a generator of over $100 million in local economic activity annually, at the Port’s facilities on Jones Island. Participants will learn from staff about the Port’s international operations, what the Port’s responsibilities are within the City of Milwaukee, the varied business tenants of the Port, and where the Port’s cargoes originate from. Biking on the Hank Aaron State Trail, NO TICKET REQUIRED (FREE) Sunday (9/29) at 9 am. No ticket required but must provide bike. Duration 2–2.5 hours, 4 miles. Starting location: 3700 W. Milwaukee Road (near 36th and Canal St.) Biking on the Hank Aaron State Trail not only carries you across the city on a dedicated pathway, but it transports you through some of the city’s Present this coupon and significant history. This easy ride with frequent stops will focus on the shaping and history of the Menomonee Valley, Native American uses, SAVE 10% the impacts of the Milwaukee Road Shops, the Valley’s significance in the Civil Rights Movement, the many changes through time, and the Expires Sept. 30, 2019; in store only Old Soldiers Home then and now. Use hashtag #domke as you post about the event! 3 FAMILY PASSPORT Survive Alive House, 2059 S 20th St Exploring the city with your family? Check out the Family Passport this Tamarack Waldorf School, 1150 E Brady St year—we chose the following Doors Open sites where kids will be Urban Ecology Center—Menomonee Valley, 3700 W Pierce St able to do special activities and get their passports stamped. Pick up a UWM Biological Sciences Greenhouse, 2025 E Newport Ave passport at the event headquarters (235 E Michigan St) or at any of the War Memorial Center, 750 N Lincoln Memorial Dr family passport sites: Zimmerman Architectural Studios, Inc. and Machine Shop, 2122 W Mount Vernon Ave Alice’s Garden Urban Farm, 2136 N 21 St Arts @ Large, 1100 S 5th St WATER PASSPORT Eppstein Uhen Architects, 333 E Chicago St Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, 517 E Wisconsin Ave Pick up a Fund for Lake Michigan Water Passport and explore Firehouse Station 1, 784 N Broadway Milwaukee’s water related sites. This passport is meant for all ages. Firehouse Station 21, 2050 N Palmer St Look for the Fund for Lake Michigan Wave logo in the event Havenwoods State Forest, 6141 N Hopkins St guide to find participating sites. Learn more about each site at Islamic Resource Center/Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, doorsopenmilwaukee.org. Participants who get their passport stamped 5235 S 27th St, Greenfield, Wisconsin, 53221 at one or more sites should drop it off to the event headquarters Jones Island Water Reclamation Plant, 700 E Jones St (235 E Michigan St) for their chance to win a John Gurda book Hands in Harmony Piano Studio, 3301 W Highland Blvd Milwaukee: A City Built on Water. Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 W Brown Deer Rd Water passports will be available at the Milwaukee Ballet, 128 N Jackson St event headquarters (235 E Michigan St) Milwaukee County Transit System Fleet Maintenance Building, or at any of the water passport sites: 1525 W Vine St Alice’s Garden Urban Farm, 2136 N 21 St Milwaukee PBS, 1036 N 8 St All Peoples Gathering Lutheran Church, 2600 N 2nd St Model Railroad Club of Milwaukee, 215 E National Ave Arts @ Large, 1100 S 5th St Northside YMCA, 1350 W North Ave Escuela Verde, 3628 W Pierce St Orlandini Studios, 2230 N Farwell Ave Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, 1111 E Brown Deer Rd Working to protect Lake Michigan Proud sponsor of Doors Open Milwaukee www.veolianorthamerica.com/milwaukee @veolia_na Proudly supporting the restoration of Lake Michigan. 4 Jones Island Water Reclamation Plant, 700 E Jones St PARKING Kilbourn Ave Bascule Bridge House, 101 E Kilbourn Ave Street Parking Lake Tower (Anderson Municipal Building), 4001 S 6 St Saturday: Metered street parking is often FREE east of I-43 downtown, Meetinghouse Milwaukee Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of please read parking signs and observe time restrictions. Friends (Quakers), 3224 N Gordon Pl Sunday: Street parking in all metered and non-metered parking spaces Milwaukee City Hall, 200 E Wells St is FREE, unless otherwise noted. Milwaukee Community Sailing Center, 1450 N Lincoln Memorial Dr Milwaukee Water Works Kilbourn Reservoir Pumping Station, Free Parking Structures and Lots 626 E North Ave Foxconn: 611 E Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee Water Works North Point Tower, 2288 N Lake Dr MSOE: State Street A Lot, located on the south west corner of E State St Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, 1111 E Brown Deer Rd and N Jackson St from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm on Saturday, Sept. 28 and Urban Ecology Center—Menomonee Valley, 3700 W Pierce St Sunday, Sept. 29. UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, 600 E Greenfield Ave Wells Street Bridge House, 101 E Wells St TRANSPORTATION WRTP/Big Step Center of Excellence, 3841 W Wisconsin Ave Free Bublr Bike Rides: Courtesy of Bublr Bikes, get free 30 minute rides using Milwaukee’s bike share system. Rides lasting longer than WATER EXHIBIT AT CITY HALL (200 E WELLS ST) 30 minutes will be charged $4/30 minute block. Learn more about Visit Milwaukee City Hall and view the Wisconsin Historical Society’s where to find Bublr bikes and how to ride Bublr Bikes at: bublrbikes.org display Great Lakes Small Streams: How Water Shapes Wisconsin. The Great Lakes region is home to one of the largest freshwater resources on Hop to Doors Open on the Streetcar: With dozens of locations within the planet. That water shaped the landscape, history and communities a few blocks of the route, The Hop is the perfect way to navigate the of our state. This exhibit explores our state’s long relationship with water city and make the most of your Doors Open adventure. Best of all, and the impact we have had on our vast waterways. thanks to the support of Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, all rides are free! To begin planning your Doors Open outing on the streetcar, visit www. UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND PERFORMANCES AT NORTHWESTERN thehopmke.com for the complete route map and schedule. MUTUAL ON SATURDAY Lime Scooters: Use code LIMEOPEN to save $1 on a scooter ride. This Historic Milwaukee is partnering with United Performing Arts Fund code is for new users. (UPAF) during Doors Open to help raise awareness of the performing MCTS Buses: A one day pass to ride MCTS buses is just $4. Visit arts. On Saturday, September 28, UPAF has organized music, dance ridemcts.com to view routes.