Riverwest (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

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A neighborhood located west of the Milwaukee River and east of Holton Street, near Milwaukee's East Side. Riverwest is noted for its number of artists and musicians. Independent businesses and cottage industries are the norm, reflecting the somewhat "counterculture" population. The Riverwest Neighborhood Association is among the city's most active and organized neighborhood groups. Compared to the East Side, Riverwest features generally cheaper rents in its bungalows, duplexes, and A-frames. Noteworthy streets include Humboldt Avenue, Center Street, and Locust Street (which connects Riverwest to the East Side and the UWM area via a bridge).
www.riverwestneighborhood.org/

www.riverwestcurrents.org/
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Coordinates:   43°4'18"N   87°53'56"W

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  • Riverwest is known for poets, musicians, painters, writers, graphic artists, and other types of liberals. It is known as Milwaukee's Left Bank in reference to the west side of the Milwaukee River. While the most pleasant neighborhood to live in, it is not for the faint at heart. People with tatoos covering their entire faces, to blue collar factory guys, you never know who will pull up a bar stool next to you. This hood hosts two distinct festivals- Locust Street Days and Center Street Daze. Locust Street Days has a beer run (yes, you have to drink beer at each checkpoint and are timed.) Center Street Daze has a cart race using "art" carts. Both are odd and crazy but fun!
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