The ghost of Grand Avenue (again)
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Check out the under-construction areas of the former Grand Avenue that are still open
By now we all know that the once-glorious/empty Grand Avenue mall in Downtown Milwaukee is being transformed into The Avenue. The place where the singing bears used to delight crowds will soon become a food hal...
Meet the new investors in the former Shops of Grand Avenue: Ryan Braun and Christian Yelich?
Today in "Bet you didn't see that coming" news, it has been revealed that Milwaukee Brewers superstars Ryan Braun and Christian Yelich are making "significant" investments in the former Shops of Grand Avenue. Y...
Look upon the destruction of the old Grand Avenue entrance and despair/rejoice
It's been months since the once-mighty, long-withering Shops of Grand Avenue closed up shops (heh). Now dubbed "The Avenue," the downtown complex is currently being redeveloped. The east end has already been co...
Hello. Hey. Daniel just wants to hang with you at the empty Shops of Grand Avenue
Hello. Hey. Daniel just wants to hang with you at the empty Shops of Grand Avenue.
Hello. Hey. Why won't you hang out with Daniel at the empty Shops of Grand Avenue? Don't you know who Daniel is? Well, neith...
R.I.P. Shops of Grand Avenue food court, most everything else in the Grand Ave.
It's over. It's finally over.
Earlier this month, we announced that "the end is nigh for the Shops of Grand Avenue." Today, the end has come. An afternoon walk through the doomed/currently-being-redeveloped ...
The end is nigh for the Shops of Grand Avenue. Here’s what’s changing (and what’s staying the same)
This is it, folks. The end times. The finale. The curtain call. The last chance to witness the Shops of Grand Avenue in all their faded glory before they're transformed into a 21st century apartment complex/off...
Shops of Grand Avenue will become “The Avenue,” feature fancy food hall and more
Get your Shops of Grand Avenue shopping in now, because the end is nigh: Today, Grand Avenue owners and developers unveiled details of their long-in-the-works plan to transform the virtually empty downtown mall...
Grand Avenue’s Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra may hibernate this holiday season
Sad news, animatronic bear fans: The Shops of Grand Avenue's longtime holiday house band, the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra, will not return to the mall's main court this winter. Grand Avenue management ...
FYI: Only three restaurants remain in the Grand Ave. food court
The last time we dropped by the ever-emptying Shops of Grand Avenue, we said goodbye to Boston Store. A few months before that, we paid our respects to the recently closed Rocky Rococo. Only four restaurants re...
Go inside the downtown Boston Store on its final day in business
This is it, folks: Today, August 29, 2018, is the final day of business for Boston Store. The department store's parent company, Bon-Ton Stores Inc., declared bankruptcy earlier this year; recently, it announce...
The Grand Ave. Rocky Rococo is closed and oh god, what’s the point anymore?
We're not exactly sure when it happened (some say it's been a month), and we're not exactly sure why it happened (okay, we have a pretty good idea), but the Rocky Rococo in the Shops of Grand Avenue has closed....
Grand Avenue GameStop is closed and now the mall is (almost) dead to us
Sad news for fans of buying new and used video games—and maybe a Funko Pop figure of Cartman or whatever—in cavernous downtown malls: the GameStop on the ground floor of the Shops of Grand Avenue, 275 W. Wiscon...
Bublr Bikes is moving its headquarters to the Shops of Grand Avenue
Big news, fans of bike sharing and cavernous downtown malls: Milwaukee's popular bike share program, Bublr Bikes, has announced it will move its headquarters and maintenance facility to the Shops of Grand Ave...
On The Record Episode 76: Live from the Shops Of Grand Avenue
In accordance with the 11th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Milwaukee Record recorded a special live episode of our On The Record podcast at The Underground Collaborative, a wonderful 120-seat venue in th...
Join us in the Grand Avenue basement for a special live podcast
What are you doing the afternoon of Sunday, August 7? Cancel it! Here's what you're doing.
In accordance with the 11th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Milwaukee Record is recording a special live episode o...
There will (technically) be a bar in the basement of Grand Avenue
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When the Applebee's on Wisconsin Avenue tragically closed last month, the chain restaurant's departure didn't just leave the already-ailing Shops Of Grand Avenue with one fewer occupant, it also cost the...
Here are pictures of the redesigned and reimagined Grand Avenue
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Ever since a new ownership group took control of The Shops of Grand Avenue back in December 2015, speculation has been high as to what, exactly, that ownership group will do with the long-struggling down...
NEWaukee president Angela Damiani talks Grand Avenue redevelopment, social architecture, more
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Since 2009, the young professional group NEWaukee has become an ever-present player in Milwaukee's social and cultural scenes. What began as a simple social networking group started by a handful of frien...
New Grand Avenue will be mostly office space, maybe a grocery store
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Ever since a new ownership group took control of The Shops of Grand Avenue back in December 2015, speculation has been high as to what, exactly, that ownership group will do with the long-struggling down...