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hoods. The shot-and-a-beer crowd now mingles with some serious restaurant action, a ma-
jor LGBT influence, and even (gasp!) trendy nightclubs.
Walker's Point is also one of the most ethnically mixed neighborhoods in Milwaukee.
German,Scandinavian,British,Welsh,Irish,Serb,Croatian,andPolishsettlerscameinori-
ginally, and Latinos and Southeast Asian immigrants have arrived more recently.
Activated in 1962, the Allen-Bradley clock, the second-largest four-faced clock in the
world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records (it was first until 2010, when an
enormous clock in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, dethroned it), has octagonal clock faces twice the
sizeoftheclocksofBigBeninLondon.Thehourhandsare15feet9incheslongandweigh
490 pounds; the minute hands are 20 feet long and weigh 530 pounds. It's still crucial as
a lake navigation marker. (And I love the nickname: the “Polish Moon.”) Stop by Tivoli
Palm Garden, an original alfresco produce market renovated into a biergarten by Schlitz
Brewing Company and in the 1980s redone yet again.
NORTH POINT DISTRICT
VirtuallyalloftheNorthPointDistrictonthecity'scoastalbightisontheNationalRegister
ofHistoric Places. Thislongtime exclusive community lieswestofNorthLincoln Memori-
al Drive and south of East Park Place to East Woodstock Place.
East of here along the lakefront is Lake Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted,
planner of New York City's Central Park and San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. At the top
of North Avenue is the 1870s Victorian Gothic North Point Lighthouse.
WEST END
A case can be made that the West End rivals Yankee Hill's opulence. The area, between
North 27th Street, North 35th Street, West Wisconsin Avenue, and West Vliet Street, was
thecity'sfirstresidentialsuburb.YankeebluebloodsandprominentGermanAmericanfam-
ilies competed in building the most opulent mansions. Highland Boulevard was at one time
referred to as “Sauerkraut Boulevard.” Highlights include the Tripoli Shrine Temple on
WestWisconsinAvenue, Central United Methodist Church onNorth25thStreet,Harley-
Davidson's corporate headquarters, and Miller Brewing Company .
Sights
Beware: Jaywalking is illegal and (often) enforced in Milwaukee. On the other hand, the
police dole out equal numbers of tickets to drivers who don't give way to pedestrians.
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