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Old World 3rd Street and Water Street
NorthofI-794isanothermodestlygentrifiedzonealongbothsidesoftheMilwaukeeRiver.
To the east is
Water Street,
the happening mélange of microbreweries, sports pubs, dance
clubs, restaurants, and cultural attractions. Tothe west is
Old World 3rd Street,
with more
classic Milwaukee edifices, original old hotels and factories, the Bradley Center, and a
riverwalk.
Also along North Old World 3rd Street is
Usinger's
(1030 N. Old World 3rd St.,
414/276-9100,
www.usinger.com
,
9am-5pm Mon.-Sat.), known as the Tiffany of sausage
makers. In a city raised on
fleisch,
Usinger's has been carnivore heaven since 1880. Using-
er'spresencepartiallyexplainstheoccasionalsweetscentdowntownofwoodsmokeming-
ling with the smell of brewer's yeast.
Food and Wine
has dubbed Usinger's bratwurst the
best sausage in America.
Lakefront
Milwaukee sits onthe deepest harbor onthe western edge ofLake Michigan. For miles, the
city rolls like asideways wave along the lake. Youcan drive the entire lakefront onWIS32
or bike most of it on separate county park bike paths. You pass nine beaches along the way.
South of the Milwaukee Art Museum and Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin is one of
Wisconsin's newest state parks,
Lakeshore State Park,
a nearly 20-acre parcel of land ad-
jacent to the Summerfest grounds, with beaches, fishing, and trails linking it to the rest of
the state.
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Milwaukee Art Museum
Among the best visual arts museums in the Midwest is the
Milwaukee Art Museum
(700
N. Art Museum Dr., 414/224-3200,
www.mam.org
, 10am-8pm Thurs., 10am-5pm Fri.-
Tues.,$15).ThemuseumholdsoneoftheUnitedStates'mostimportantandextensivecol-
lections of German Expressionist art—not unimportant, given the city's Teutonic link (the
museum is ranked third in the world in German art). Other noteworthy exhibits include a
panorama of Haitian art and the repository of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School of ar-
chitecture. Some pieces date back as far as the 15th century. The permanent displays are
impressively diverse, with old masters to Warhol through the Ashcan School. The Bradley
Wing houses a world-renowned collection of modern masters.
