Milwaukee, WI
Revisiting Milwaukee Avenue: Wicker Park’s spirit is still alive
Milwaukee Avenue. Photograph: Justin Kaufmann/Axios
Wicker Park has been a vacation spot for vacationers and Chicagoans alike for many years, however most of the companies that outlined the neighborhood’s impartial spirit are lengthy gone.
What’s occurring: After Walgreens vacated the long-lasting outdated financial institution constructing late final month, I made a decision to spend a Saturday strolling Milwaukee Avenue to see how a lot it is modified because the final time I walked it, in 2021.
Why it issues: This stretch, between North Avenue and Division Road, is taken into account Chicago’s impartial heartbeat, birthing different rock actions and serving as a respite for generations who frolicked at espresso and classic retailers like they have been second houses.
Flashback: As somebody who remembers the early days at Double Door and the 2001 protests towards “The Actual World” (when castmates lived within the former Urbus Orbis constructing), I do know very effectively about what has been misplaced in Wicker Park.
- I, too, bemoaned the chain shops transferring into the neighborhood that fought so onerous to maintain them out.
Sure, however: Revisiting my outdated haunts, I discovered that many longtime staples, like Myopic Books, Bongo Room and Ragstock, are nonetheless in enterprise. Reckless Data, too.
- After-hours golf equipment like Debonair and Nick’s Beer Backyard are thriving too, although the Double Door has been a Yeti retailer for some time now.
- And whereas there are a number of empty storefronts within the space — many a reminder of the pandemic’s impression — the spirit of this stretch remains to be alive.
As an example: Earwax Cafe could also be gone, however Wormhole was bustling.
- Silver Room is now in Hyde Park, however I loved looking at Una Mae’s.
- All of us miss Busy Bee (technically off North Damen Avenue), however you may nonetheless discover nice meals from small companies, like Bru Chicago’s breakfast rice crepes.
There have been additionally loads of new spots I hadn’t but checked out.
- The plant-based restaurant Bloom is, er, blooming. The stretch additionally options the Neighborly pop-up and a brand new store known as Wanna Socks, which sells, what else, designer socks.
In the meantime, the site visitors remains to be horrendous. Milwaukee Avenue is a car parking zone on a Saturday afternoon, however most Chicagoans have already got their workaround (ahem, Wabansia).
The underside line: Milwaukee Avenue won’t ever dwell as much as its Nineties billing.
- However it nonetheless stands out as a novel stretch of Chicago, good for taking part in vacationer in your individual metropolis.
Milwaukee, WI
Family identifies woman killed in hit-and-run crash in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Police continue to look for the driver involved in a hit-and-run that killed a 70-year-old woman in Milwaukee on Saturday.
The crash happened just before 8:00 p.m. near 34th and Lloyd.
Police say a driver was going north on N. 34th Street when they crashed with another driver who was traveling west on W. Lloyd.
The driver who was going North on N. 34th Street then fled the scene.
Meanwhile, two people in the car that was traveling west on Lloyd were rushed to the hospital. The driver had non-life-threatening injuries. The 70-year-old passenger died due to injuries sustained during the crash, police said.
On Sunday, family identified the 70-year-old victim as Beverly J. Fair.
“Our mom was truly a loving person, and everyone loved her. She lived a life of service and selflessness. She will be missed dearly,” Fair’s daughter, Shyla Deacon, wrote online.
The family has set up a GoFundMe page to help cover the expenses related to this unexpected loss.
Deacon also said her son, Beverly’s grandson, was driving at the time of the crash. He is expected to recover from non life-threatening injuries.
Fair was a mother, wife and grandmother who “absolutely loved the Bucks, loved watching professional tennis and loved going on cruises,” said Deacon.
Deacon also remembers her mom as a “woman of God who loved serving others.”
Police are investigating the crash and anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7219, or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414)224-Tips/ or P3 Tips.
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Milwaukee, WI
70-year-old dies, another person injured in hit-and-run crash in Milwaukee Saturday night
A 70-year-old died and another person was injured in a hit-and-run crash Saturday night, according to the Milwaukee Police Department.
A vehicle was traveling north on North 34th Street around 7:50 p.m. when it collided at an intersection with a vehicle traveling west on West Lloyd Street. The driver of the first vehicle fled the scene.
The 70-year-old passenger of the second vehicle was taken to a local hospital and died from injuries, police said. The driver of that vehicle was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police said the investigation is “ongoing and active.” No information about a suspect or a vehicle description was provided.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7219. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-Tips or P3 Tips.
Several serious hit-and-run crashes have occurred in the surrounding area in recent weeks.
A 40-year-old tow truck operator was killed on Christmas Eve while assisting a vehicle on Interstate 94. A 39-year-old man was booked into jail in connection with the incident.
Days later, a 57-year-old Waukesha woman was charged with two felonies in connection with a hit-and-run while under the influence. A 63-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured in the crash.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee man accused of robbing restaurant, cellphone store
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man is charged in a pair of armed robberies – one from a restaurant, the other from a cellphone store – that happened at the end of December.
Prosecutors said 29-year-old Lamont Stallings denied robbing the restaurant, and claimed an unspecified co-actor “forced him” into the cellphone store robbery.
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Restaurant robbery | Dec. 27
Wauwatosa police were called for an armed robbery at a restaurant near 67th and North. According to a criminal complaint, an employee said a masked suspect handed over a note that said something to the effect of: “Don’t scream. Give me all the money or I’m gonna shoot.” The employee handed over all the cash in the register, and the suspect ran off.
The robbery was captured on surveillance. Court filings said it showed a red car pull up and seemingly park just out of view of the camera. Shortly after, the suspect walked into the frame from where the car would’ve parked, and ran back to the area where the car would’ve parked just after the robbery.
Suspect, later identified as Lamont Stallings, in restaurant robbery (Courtesy: MCDAO)
Cellphone store robbery | Dec. 30
Milwaukee police were called for an armed robbery at a T-Mobile store near 103rd and Silver Spring on the city’s northwest side. The complaint said a suspect handed over a note that read: “Don’t scream, I am armed, make it quick, give me 20 iPhones.” The suspect then showed a pistol.
According to court filings, an employee handed over “numerous” iPhones, each worth approximately $500, and the suspect loaded them into a duffle bag before he made the employee walk him out of the store.
The robbery was also captured on surveillance, and a nearby doorbell camera video showed the suspect – with the duffle bag in tow – walking toward a red car.
Court filings said one of the cellphones had a GPS tracking device. Officers used that GPS information to look for the suspect, leading them to the area of 76th and Brown Deer. There, officers saw a man matching the suspect’s description walk to a red car and place a duffle bag in the trunk.
The suspect drove off, per the complaint, and minutes later officers were notified that the phone’s GPS location was on the move. Officers continued to get updates on the device’s location and found the same car parked more than nine miles away near 27th and Burleigh. Officers saw the same suspect they saw near 76th and Brown Deer and took him into custody.
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In custody
Prosecutors said the suspect initially refused to identify himself, but a traffic citation issued to Stallings was found in the car. A previous booking photo further identified the man in custody as Stallings.
A search of the car located a pistol, the complaint states, as well as clothing that matched that worn by the suspect in the T-Mobile robbery. When he was arrested, investigators said Stallings was also wearing pants and shoes that were “an identical match” to the suspect in the restaurant robbery.
Suspect vehicle tied to robbery (Courtesy: MCDAO)
In the trunk of the car, the complaint states police found numerous cellphones that were confirmed as having been stolen from the T-Mobile near 103rd and Silver Spring.
Stallings denied involvement in the restaurant, per the complaint. In regard to the T-Mobile robbery, court filings said he told investigators a “co-actor forced him to do it with him, and force [sic] him to ride in the maroon Pontiac, change clothing with this unknown suspect before the robbery, and then change clothing back after the robbery.”
In all, Stallings is charged with two counts of armed robbery, one count of possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent and three counts of felony bail jumping. Stallings appeared in court on Jan. 4, and his bond was set at $50,000.
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