Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.
• Has it really been seven years since a fallen chunk of concrete was discovered in one of the Mitchell Park Domes, setting off an endless series of studies, task forces, consultants, “Save The Domes” campaigns, zipline pipe dreams, hemp pipe dreams, and public and political debate? Yep! Seven years! We’ve been talking about what to do with the Domes since Barack Obama was in the White House. Good grief.
Anyway, despite a flurry of headlines this week, we still don’t know what we’re going to do with the aging and wildly unsustainable Domes. Repair them? (WISN: “Mitchell Park Domes ‘mockup’ of new exterior panel repairs and installation.”) Knock a few of them down? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Could the Domes become the Dome?”) Concentrate on the surrounding park and build something new? (Urban Milwaukee: “Donors Interested in Saving Mitchell Park. But not necessarily saving the domes.”) Who knows!
Okay, so maybe we will know soon: On September 12, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors will finally get their hands on a long-awaited feasibility study (another study!) on what to do with the Domes. Per Urban Milwaukee, the options that will be included and detailed in the study are “demolition, repairing them, rebuilding them, and the possibility of a ‘New Urban Botanical Park and Conservatory.'” So, two months to go! Then we can REALLY start talking about what to do with the Domes!
In the meantime, there’s a cool dinosaur show in the Domes (pictured above), and that Corpse Flower just bloomed. Go to the Domes, folks! They may not be around for much longer. [Urban Milwaukee]
• Following a fire in its Murray Street location, Kawa Ramen & Sushi has moved to nearby Crossroads Collective. The East Side ramen and sushi joint will likely remain in the East Side food hall through the end of the year. [OnMilwaukee]
• Last weekend’s big Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival saw more than 80,000 folks flock to Veterans Park to see Foo Fighters, Green Day, and more. Oh, and Harley will be doing a Homecoming thing every year now. The 2024 shindig is already set for July 25-28. [TMJ4]
• Potawatomi Casino Hotel will open the doors to its new Rock & Brews restaurant on Tuesday, August 1, at 3 p.m. The public opening will be preceded by a ribbon-cutting ceremony presided over by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS—plus a KISS tribute band, PRISS. It sounds just goofy for us to attend. Expect a 50 Cent-esque minute-by-minute report on Wednesday, August 2! [Urban Milwaukee]
• Have a great weekend, Milwaukee!
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