Nearly 25 years ago, the former Milwaukee Road Depot was turned into the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot.

Over the past year, numerous new franchise operations have opened, expanded or planned new locations in the area.

I’m walking the Streets of Old Milwaukee. It’s peaceful and familiar on a Saturday afternoon in the fall, the same moody lighting, weathered statues and Old European charm I’ve known for 20-some years ...

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