Milwaukee's long-connection to Cream City Brick, the cream or yellow-colored brick made for decades from local clay high in lime and magnesium, is growing stronger. Mayor Cavalier Johnson issued a ...

It's in swanky new condos and historic old buildings, and it's a focal point in new construction and renovation: Milwaukee's once-forgotten signature, Cream City brick, has made a comeback."Oh, yeah, ...

{image1}Milwaukee is known as "Brew City" for all the beer, that's a given. But "Cream City?" The cream in question is not whipped and served inside a pastry at the State Fair, but rather in solid, ...

MILWAUKEE - Recently recovered, pristine Cream City brick was defaced by vandals at a Milwaukee church. At Brown and Vel R. Phillips Avenue, construction on the grounds of St. Francis of Assisi is in ...

When immigrants built Milwaukee, they used Cream City Brick to do it. The unique, resilient brick has become a status symbol and a link to the city's heritage. It's often said that Milwaukee was built ...

Milwaukee developers lead Cream City comeback, put signature old bricks into new construction This Sept. 3, 2015 photo shows the former Pabst bottling plant, both built with Cream City bricks, under ...

The J.L. Burnham Block building, located at 911 W National Ave., has a unique connection to one of cream city brick's earliest purveyors. Built in 1875, it was originally used as a commercial center, ...