Milwaukee's Shopping District Transforming

West National Ave. on Milwaukee's south side is undergoing a remarkable multicultural evolution.

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March 23, 2003, 11:00 AM PST

"Shabby though it is right now, it's part of the avenue's quirky sense of place -- something that its successor is unlikely to reinforce. Despite some attractive features, such as windows with awnings, an architect's rendering shows a store dismayingly similar to any number of other Walgreens built throughout the area, including one at the corner of N. 35th St. and W. Wisconsin Ave.: brick facade, hipped-roof towers, a pastiche of faux-Old World touches. Goodbye diversity; hello, sameness and inauthenticity."

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