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In the mid-19th century Milwaukee earned the nickname "Cream City," which refers to the large number of cream colored bricks that came out of the Menomonee River Valley and were used in construction. At its peak, Milwaukee produced 15 million bricks a year, with a third going out of the state.
Cream City brick is a cream or light yellow-colored brick made from a clay found around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the Menomonee River Valley and on the western banks of Lake Michigan. These bricks were one of the most common building materials used in Milwaukee during the mid and late 19th century, giving the city the nickname "Cream City" and ...
Milwaukee (/ m ɪ l ˈ w ɔː k i / ⓘ mil-WAW-kee) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Milwaukee County. [15] With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is the 31st-most populous city in the United States and the fifth-most populous city in the Midwest.
The Milwaukee News building (right in photo), built 1879, housed the Milwaukee Journal offices from 1885 to 1891. The Abstract Assn. building (left) was built in 1884. Both are clad in cream city brick, with form and styling typical of the period when they were built. [183] [184] 120: Milwaukee Normal School-Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical ...
Many city nicknames roll off the tongue like it's second nature. New York City is, of course, "the Big Apple." Paris is the "City of Love." Los Angeles is the "City of Angels." They're a given at this
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Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...