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The impressive all-suite boutique hotel Brewhouse Suites (1215 N. 10th St., 414/
810-3350, brewhousesuites.com , $190) is housed in the now-defunct Pabst Brewery. Think
all-green, sustainably built, steampunk-influenced suites.
Generating lots of well-earned buzz is M Hotel Metro (411 E. Mason St., 414/
272-1937, www.hotelmetro.com , $219), a posh but cute boutique hotel in an erstwhile art
deco office building. Glass sinks from Wisconsin's Kohler Company are among the no-
ticeable design highlights of the 65 oversize suites, replete with steeping tubs or whirlpool
baths; downstairs is a chic, seen-on-the-scene bar. The art deco stylings include environ-
mentally friendly bamboo-wood floorings and wood from sustainable forests. Hotel Metro
offers guests the use of one of their cruiser bicycles to get around town. It's also got one of
the best cafés in Milwaukee.
Bicycles for green sightseeing are a selling point at Hotel Metro.
The M Hilton Milwaukee City Center (509 W. Wisconsin Ave., 414/271-7250 or 800/
445-8667, www.hiltonmilwaukee.com , from $229) is perhaps the best example of restored
charm downtown. (And yet in 2013 they were still in the midst of another $19 million up-
grade!) This incarnation features limestone ashlar, pink granite, and buff terra cotta; it's
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