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The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by the Milwaukee County Parks Commission and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. [ 3 ] The zoo averages about 1.3 million visitors a year. [ 2 ] The zoo houses 3,100 animals from 350 species [ 2 ] and covers an area of 190 acres (77 ha). [ 4 ]
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. [ 17][ 18][ 19] It is the central city of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the 40th-most populous metro area in the U.S. with 1.57 million residents.
The Avenue (previously known as The Grand Avenue, The Shops of Grand Avenue and Shops of Grand Avenue) is an urban shopping plaza currently under renovation that spans three city blocks in the downtown neighborhood of Westown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There is one store anchored by T.J. Maxx and GRAEF-USA Incorporated, and three vacant spaces ...
Location and visit. Located on the lakefront of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum is one of the largest art museums in the United States. Aside from its galleries, the museum includes a cafe, named Cafe Calatrava, with views of Lake Michigan, and a gift shop. [ 2 ]
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. / 43.0750; -87.8829. The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ( UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [ 4] It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wisconsin System.
The Old World Third Street Historic District is the last relatively intact part of the original German retail district in Kilbourntown plat in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It contains examples of various styles of Victorian commercial architecture going back to 1855. [1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 ...
The Walker's Point Historic District is a mixed working-class neighborhood of homes, stores, churches and factories in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with surviving buildings as old as 1849, including remnants of the Philip Best Brewery and the Pfister and Vogel Tannery. [ 1] In 1978 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [ 2]
Milwaukee County (/ m ɪ l ˈ w ɔː k i /) is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At the 2020 census, the population was 939,489, down from 947,735 in 2010. [1] [2] It is both the most populous and most densely populated county in Wisconsin, and the 45th most populous county nationwide; Milwaukee, its eponymous county seat, [3] is also the most populous city in the state.