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  Celebrities descend upon Milwaukee: Who will do their dry-cleaning?

  Dave Steele | Thu, Feb 14th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Milwaukee | Tags: commentary, dave steele, milwaukee, condominiums, dry-cleaning, halle berry, oprah, east side, celebrities, prospect avenue, brewers, screech, gold coast, university club, high school of the arts | 1

  What do Oprah’s mom, the guy who played Screech on Saved by the Bell, and Halle Berry have in common? They either currently live, or have recently lived, along Milwaukee’s “Gold Coast:” Prospect Avenue, a row of ritzy condo towers lining the Lake Michigan shoreline. (Yes, that’s right: the Halle Berry.)

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  Cities and Baseball’s New “Golden Age”

  Dave Steele | Thu, Nov 8th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: dave steele, chicago, brewers, elitism, major league baseball, wrigley field, milwaukee west side, miller park | 3

  It’s been a banner year for Major League Baseball. This season, over 79 million fans filed into stadiums nationwide to cheer on their local teams. Commissioner Bud Selig (a Milwaukee guy) called this year’s attendance record proof positive that baseball is in the midst of a “golden age.” It would certainly seem to be that way; attendance is up in many baseball markets, including here in Milwaukee, where the Brewers were contenders for the playoffs deep into September, broke the season…

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