Demolition workers are tearing down the old power plant on the Milwaukee Veterans Affairs campus this month. Well, "tearing down" isn't really the right description. They're not taking it down brick ...

{image1}Milwaukee is known as "Brew City" for all the beer, that's a given. But "Cream City?" The cream in question is not whipped and served inside a pastry at the State Fair, but rather in solid, ...

When immigrants built Milwaukee, they used Cream City Brick to do it. The unique, resilient brick has become a status symbol and a link to the city's heritage. It's often said that Milwaukee was built ...

It's in swanky new condos and historic old buildings, and it's a focal point in new construction and renovation: Milwaukee's once-forgotten signature, Cream City brick, has made a comeback."Oh, yeah, ...

The J.L. Burnham Block building, located at 911 W National Ave., has a unique connection to one of cream city brick's earliest purveyors. Built in 1875, it was originally used as a commercial center, ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - It’s in swanky new condos and historic old buildings, and it’s a focal point in new construction and renovation: Milwaukee’s once-forgotten signature, Cream City brick, has made a ...

You may know about Milwaukee's historic nickname – Cream City – but what made those bricks cream-colored, and how did they become so ingrained in the city's identity? History behind the brick The city ...

Milwaukee developers lead Cream City comeback, put signature old bricks into new construction This Sept. 3, 2015 photo shows the former Pabst bottling plant, both built with Cream City bricks, under ...