Aerial Tour of Historical Architecture of Milwaukee

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    In this video we see Milwaukee history by flying over historical Milwaukee German landmarks of the 19th century. I discuss some of their history and show how Milwaukee was a stronghold German American culture. Included are the Schlitz and Pabst breweries, the Pabst Mansion, the Pabst Theater, the Germania Building, Milwaukee City Hall, St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist.
    #historical milwaukee
    #Wisconsin history
    #Milwaukee city hall
    #flemmish renaissance revival
    #pabst mansion
    #milwaukee history
    #German Milwaukee

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  • @str82thepoint100
    @str82thepoint100 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Inside the Pabst Theatre is grand. This bird's eye view of the city is wonderful.

  • @jairousparker2311
    @jairousparker2311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I'm not even from Milwaukee but I love the character and architecture of this city!! It's a beautiful city in more ways than one. You don't have to be a super huge city in order to be a great one.☝️😊👍 Love the video and commentary! The Bucks 🏀aren't bad either!

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly, I’m not from Milwaukee either, but it’s such a cool place!

  • @gregbromberg5427
    @gregbromberg5427 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I grew up in nearby West Allis on 56th street, within walking distance of Milwaukee County Stadium, and I remember going into the city was always a delight. I love the architecture. I love walking the city streets and looking at the beautiful buildings and how they line the Milwaukee river. My German ancestors arrived in Milwaukee in the 1860’s and 6 generations later we still have some representation, albeit in the suburbs.

  • @donaldewert2332
    @donaldewert2332 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Milwaukee is a Great Place on a Great Lake.

  • @danielmurphy4429
    @danielmurphy4429 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would have coffee with a Pabst, a few days a week and he’d regale us with fascinating stories and insights of the family and it’s beginnings in brewing. During prohibition they created a cheese product which caught on and was later sold to Kraft. Today its known as Cheez Whiz. The Pabst mansion is a beautiful monument to the history of a by gone era and is well worth the visit.

  • @PANTHERESSDARK
    @PANTHERESSDARK ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i’m a german american born in milwaukee in 1998 and ive lived here with my family my whole life we have been here for generations it’s so cool seeing my heritage and hometown mix into something so unique my grandma worked for schlitz back in the 60s

    • @richardcastaway7683
      @richardcastaway7683 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You build your heritage on top of the graves of my native ancestors. This was never the land of you invaders

  • @mrs6968
    @mrs6968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Milwaukee WI born and raised I absolutely loved this video and was tickled pink to know I can now brag at one point in time this city had the world's tallest habital building thank you for this and it would be awesome if you could get more shots and info on the pabst complex! Best believe I'm subscribing with bell on

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks so much, I’m glad you appreciated it!

  • @tk2805
    @tk2805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That's why I feel so "home" when I visit Milwaukee ;)

    • @coldvoid7579
      @coldvoid7579 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have a friend from Germany that said the same when he visited Milwaukee.

  • @rupachenthil
    @rupachenthil ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I loved this different take on Milwaukee over the traditional travel videos. Thank you

  • @alejandrocervantes1527
    @alejandrocervantes1527 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Milwaukee being my home town I love this video ❤

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s great, thanks for the comment!

  • @badguy5554
    @badguy5554 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What most people don't know: Milwaukee was run by the Irish until almost all of their "high ranking" military and business leaders "went down" on the Lady Elgin cruise ship in Lake Michigan (1860). The Germans were the next minority on the minority "pecking order". So THEY immediately took over control.

  • @charlesmarkman9776
    @charlesmarkman9776 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nicely done. Excellent drone footage and cinematography and a narrative that I found quite interesting.

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      thank you, I’m glad you appreciated it

  • @sherylannejacobs7235
    @sherylannejacobs7235 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Milwaukee born and raised. German/Austrian. Great place to be raised. Hate beer but loved the smell of hops.

  • @chrishirthe4162
    @chrishirthe4162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Incredible video! My ancestors were Yugoslavian and German immigrants who settled in Milwaukee during WWI. I knew of the German heritage in the state and Milwaukee in particular, but this video did an incredible job showcasing the amazing architecture those German immigrants brought with them. I'm glad this came on my recommended!

    • @flyingbanana4179
      @flyingbanana4179 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovenian?

    • @chrishirthe4162
      @chrishirthe4162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flyingbanana4179 that’s a good question. I was about 10 years old when my grandma showed me her families immigration papers, but I don’t remember any particular city. I just remember Yugoslavia being listed.

  • @ubikwity
    @ubikwity ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing video and the narrative - thank you! Great to see so many buildings I get to drive by nearly every day, or have been for the past 27 years. The drone footage is simply spectacular.

  • @jenheisel6698
    @jenheisel6698 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job! All the charms of my home town. Miss it dearly, every day.

  • @tfonstad
    @tfonstad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done ... thank you!

  • @mehmeteminklc6431
    @mehmeteminklc6431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've just discovered your channel, I love your content!

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much, glad you appreciate it!

  • @alexius23
    @alexius23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Drones have changed the nature of landscape photography….

  • @simonbuxton9941
    @simonbuxton9941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loving the content! Keep up the great work!

  • @mrs6968
    @mrs6968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seriously this video was beyond great thank you so much for this it was so nice I had to watch it twice

  • @Frisbeeninja2
    @Frisbeeninja2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is amazing! Great quality!

  • @irmazamot7363
    @irmazamot7363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lived in Milwaukee Wisconsin for 52 years.,now l live in Florida for the last 10 years.

  • @acebikemedia
    @acebikemedia ปีที่แล้ว

    badass man. great drone shots!

  • @muddywisconsin
    @muddywisconsin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved the video

  • @badguy5554
    @badguy5554 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Note: Before entry into WWI, the German workers and contractors who built the building shown at 3:00 placed 4 of the German Kaiser's helmet on top (1 large one and 3 smaller ones around the sides). They did this in protest, of America's siding with the British and French, instead of Germany, before the entry of the USA into the War.

  • @tareks.5160
    @tareks.5160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video!

  • @user-zx8de8op9l
    @user-zx8de8op9l 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done

  • @nuttysquirrel8816
    @nuttysquirrel8816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I grew up in Milwaukee back in the 70s and 80s. I remember the south side being mostly Polish and German culture, which I guess explains the Usinger's and Klement's sausages. I remember that slogan _"the beer that made Milwaukee famous."_ But I think the word _"Milwaukee"_ originally came from the Potawatomi tribe. Wauwatosa, Waukesha, Eau Claire, Oconomowoc, Chippewa Falls, etc. These words all sound like they may have came from languages spoken by the indigenous people. However, I hardly ever see any native Americans here. 🤔
    Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful city and culture, I'm just sayen.

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting thoughts, these places are a layering of many influences.
      Fittingly, in the 90s the Forest County Potawatomi came back and opened a hotel and casino in the Menominee valley in central Milwaukee, a place that had been a rich source of resources for them hundreds of years ago.

    • @badguy1481
      @badguy1481 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@placesofthepast And one needs to only drive to the Dells and Northern Wisconsin to see native American communities and casinos.

    • @Aloofgoblinoid
      @Aloofgoblinoid ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Eau Caire is of French origin, hailing back to our French roots as part of New France before the Louisiana Purchase, However, the majority of Wisconsin town and city names are of Oneida, Menominee, Potawatomi, and other Native origin, both ancestral and relocated. I grew up in Shawano, which is a modified form of the Menominee word for South, making sense of the fact that Shawano county is directly south of Menominee County and Reservation. The major European influences are French, English, German, and Polish, ...with a bit of Danish and Swedish. Something I found interesting, the closer one goes to the Mississippi River, the more French the influence, the farther south and east, the more North Eastern European the influence, and the farther north and east, the more Native the influence.

    • @HSBsoulsurfer
      @HSBsoulsurfer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Natives are definitely blended in to the white people there. When I look on band member jam sites, and Dating sites for Wisconsin, all I pretty much see is people with European coloring, but very very visible Native features. To the point where it struck me and took me by surprise. The Native dna is very much in the whites there. The European men would have FORCIBLY taken wives, and impregnated them. The US Gov. encouraged a policy of killoff the Native males, and take the women for your wives. Sad, but history.

  • @jacobsheets2133
    @jacobsheets2133 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Are you able to share/sell any of your drive video of the Milwaukee and Wisconsin Areas?

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I can sell it, depending on the shot (if I still have it). You can contact me by email through my website if you’re interested! The link is in the description.

  • @BevGeek
    @BevGeek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video! You have some excellent aerial footage. Do you get your own drone footage?

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, yes I do.

    • @BevGeek
      @BevGeek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@placesofthepast Awesome! Milwaukee is a fascinating city. Keep up the good work! 🚁📽️

  • @badguy1481
    @badguy1481 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Believe it or not........Milwaukee STARTED OUT as an Irish City. The Irish RAN Milwaukee...up until 1860. That's when the most prominent members of Milwaukee's Irish community "went down" on the lake steamer, "The Lady Elgin". And THAT's when the Germans in Milwaukee took over!

    • @mpbMKE
      @mpbMKE 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This isn't entirely true. The earliest permanent settlements by non-Native Americans were French-Canadian traders, prominently Solomon Juneau, of course. After the Native American population was driven out following the Battle of Chicago, the first wave of settlers were from New England (so perhaps a mix of Irish- and English-Americans), and direct German immigration began as early as 1840 and accelerated for decades after.
      And the Irish Union Guards who were aboard the Lady Elgin were Confederate sympathizers trying to re-arm themselves after the anti-slavery governor took their weapons. So... 🤷🏻‍♂

    • @HSBsoulsurfer
      @HSBsoulsurfer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mpbMKEVery, very interesting; Thank you guys for the info.

  • @EraChrome
    @EraChrome ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you looked into “The Secret”. A treasure hunt. By Byron Preiss. You can probably contribute to solving the Milwaukee puzzle since it has to do with German immigration.

    • @placesofthepast
      @placesofthepast  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had not heard of it before - I shall look into it

    • @EraChrome
      @EraChrome ปีที่แล้ว

      @@placesofthepastthere are Facebook groups and a podcast dedicated to the book.

  • @Tomik84
    @Tomik84 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless the Europeans that built America.

  • @Zone10Permaculture
    @Zone10Permaculture ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks daddy Andy.

  • @bigcatproductions2789
    @bigcatproductions2789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ya vol ! Mama vas German, Papa polish dat makes me 100% Beer 🍺 drinker !

    • @badguy1481
      @badguy1481 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ya...Bivo, Bivo. Hoi Hoi!

    • @Aloofgoblinoid
      @Aloofgoblinoid ปีที่แล้ว

      Chya, I believe it's spelled "Ja vol" The German J is in most circumstances an English Y

    • @bigcatproductions2789
      @bigcatproductions2789 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Aloofgoblinoid Tanks fer da lesson 🤪🤡

  • @davidkoehler136
    @davidkoehler136 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    they have torn most of it down

  • @whatdawhatdawhat
    @whatdawhatdawhat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Research Tartaria

  • @tomace7924
    @tomace7924 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Das Deutsche Athen

  • @mrhamburger6936
    @mrhamburger6936 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always thought it was the most black city in America so it's black German City City of Milwaukee tries to make it sound like the blacks made the city

  • @test-201
    @test-201 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As an englishman its began to dawn on me how bizarre it is that americans still speak english
    You're not an anglo country and your people are for the most part hispanic and irish and a little bit of german its like america is desperately clinging onto the past but the past is gone, even the dutch in south africa have their own language called afrikaans but america still speaks english? its weird

    • @Botoburst
      @Botoburst 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wisconsin was first settled by "yankees", my moms side goes way back to the 1600's, dads grandparents came here from Bavaria in the 1870's. So we're still heavily influenced by English elements.

    • @test-201
      @test-201 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Botoburst the word yank is redundant the people it applied to don't exist anymore, the united states has zero connection to the English and it hasn't for 250 years its time to move on