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Walking from hotel:

Downtown

1. Library Hill:
   Works by  Lois Elhlert and Steve Feren—Milwaukee Public Library, Vito Acconci “Walkways through the Wall” and Sheila Klein’s “City Yard”—Midwest Airline Center exterior
• dinner at The Velvet Room (American)
2. Historic Third Street:
   Works by Helene Blumenfeld at the Federal Center, Richard Haas, Beth Sahagian, Historic Turner Hall Restoration
• dinner at Mader’s (German)
3. Mid Town:
   Work by Terese Agnew, Mary Zebell—Zeidler Labor Park, Jim Donnelly signage, Gwen Gillam, Cork Marcheschi at the Wisconsin Avenue bridge
• dinner at Rock Bottom (seafood) on Riverwalk
4. North Riverwalk:
   Annual temporary and permanent sculpture exhibition, including Seymour Lipton at the Performing Art Center, Richard Taylor, Shomer Lichtner and Robert Wogan light project at the Historic Society
• dinner at Eagen’s (American)

Third Ward

5. South Riverwalk:
   Walk designed by Mary Miss, new Public Market, work by Jin Soo Kim “Stratisformis,” galleries and streetscape
• dinner at Sauce (American fusion)

Long walk or short city bus ride from hotel:

Lower East Side

6. Yankee Hill Women Artists:
   Works by Magdelena Abakonowitz, Beverly Pepper, Claire Lieberman “Holocaust Memorial,” and Jill Sebastian overlooking Lake Michigan
• dinner at Maharaja (Indian)
7. Connecting Neighborhoods:
   Works by Bill Reid at pumping station, LaDallman Architects Brady Street Bus shelter and marsupial pedestrian bridge to Commerce Street development across the river
• dinner at Roots (Natural Foods)

Walker's Point

8. New Urban Program:
   Dramatic 6th Avenue bridge, new Amtrak Station and Harley Davidson Museum under construction, Milwaukee Tech High School and other points of architectural interest, Victorian neighborhood
• dinner at La Fuente (Mexican)

15-minute city bus ride:

Bay View

9. Integrated Art:
   Work by Peter Flanary, Joy Peot Shields’ Kinnikinnic Library,
• dinner at LuLu’s (American)

Riverwest

10. Community Focus:
    David Middlebrook “Hands On” Gordon Park Gate, Woodland Pattern Literary Center, Snail Crossing Park, Marina Lee studio
• dinner at West Bank Café’ (Vietnamese)
11. Business Improvement District (Riverworks):
    Hotcakes Gallery, Flux Design (artist, designer, and fabricator collective)
• dinner at Albanese’s (homemade Southern Italian)

Upper East Side

12. Crossroads:
    Work by Gail Simpson, Jim Donnelly, street amenities, Alterra Coffee
• dinner at Izumi's (Japanese)
13. State Percent for Art:
    Works at University of Wisconsin
• dinner at Sala Da Pranza (Northern Italian)

Southside

14. Mitchell Street:
    Kunzelmann-Esser and other artists' live/work spaces, Saint Josaphat Basicilica restoration
• dinner at Old Town (Serbian)
15. Harbor View:
    Artists' studios within industrial and marina complex
• dinner at Barnacle Bud’s (seafood/burgers)