I like the music with your video, very well put together. I haven't seen many videos that are well put together like yours. I do see other copying and learning from you which by the way is very cool.
By the way Milwaukee looks like a bright clean city & what i like the most about this city is that's it's located alongside lake Michigan....it's a bonus to be alongside a large lake that looks like a ocean or mountains that soar high above a city....now take me to Kitsilano beach, the beach is located in Vancouver Canada.
Wow has my city changed so much in less then a decade!! Dude I kid you not, if you come back and re-film this, there’d be SUCH an difference lol. It looked nice back then but now we’ve re-done the whole downtown highway/freeway structure, we have a brand new very tall and beautiful all glass skyscraper added along our other skyscrapers, the Milwaukee Bucks have an brand new state of the art arena that has re-vamped the entire northwest part of our downtown and a bunch of new high-rise condominiums!! It’s actually amazing seeing how not too long ago you’ve filmed this and the difference it is today! Wow just wow! Great job Milwaukee
This was filmed in 2011, since then there has been road construction every summer, I they plan on finishing them all in about 2 years, but they are already much improved since this was filmed. It's a great city to visit if you've never been here, very underrated for what it has to offer.
There are some neat places in the city, like the Third Ward, Brady street, Mitchell Domes and St. Josephatt Basilica on south 6th, and many spectacular sights just beyond the city. Cedarburg, 15 miles north of downtown, is considered by some the most scenic small town in the state, with a preserved main street, waterfalls and covered bridge. Holy Hill and the scenic drive around Kettle Morraine is beautiful. That is 25 miles from Cedarburg. And for those with a little extra time in their schedule, Door County is 3 hours north. It is a peninsula dotted with quaint towns. Even the drive to DC, along highway 42 is worth the extra 45 minutes it requires. The Southwest quarter of the state, known as the "Driftless" because the glacier never passed over it, is full of rolling hills and valleys, without the rock formations that are seen in the other parts of the state. Wisconsin is full of spectacular landscapes, small scenic towns, and very friendly residents.
Look up on the google "Retro Milwaukee" where people who lived there for decades tell about what they remember about Milwaukee that most is not there anymore. I lived there from 1952 to 1988. The last time I was there was 2003.
Old video, but glad you enjoyed your visit. Be sure to come back and take a look around again. Much has changed, and most of those streets have been resurfaced.
Brought my kid up on vacation from small city Texas. You should have seen her eyes when I pulled directly into the garage for the museum from the freeway.
The grassy area next to the tunnel entrance, was the spot many Marquette High students used to hitch hike home, to the upper east side. That was common in the 70's.
You should do a new video of Milwaukee and take the hoan bridge to show a beautiful view of the US Bank and the Northwestern mutual tower and the other buildings.
Poor Milwaukee; it's like the little kid that receives no respect, compared to big brother Chicago. After extensively exploring Milwaukee in Google Streetview, I would have to say it's one of America's most underrated cities; certainly worth a few days of exploration. A lot of gentrification has taken place in the last decade. I can only imagine the potential bonanza of development that'll eventually take place along the former ROW of the old Park Freeway. Nice song, by the way.
Agree. My last vist there was 2003 after my mom died and I sold her home. I lived on the Northwest side. Maybe DownTown has improved with it's new streets and buildings but where I used to live is now rundown and scary to even walk on the street. I moved to Minnesota I miss my old Milwaukee and all it had.
Wow Beautiful. Im a Chicagoan but lived in Mil for about 10 years n miss it a lot. I still love the place. Met my Life Partner there n brought him back with me 26 years ago. :) Great People in Wisconsin.
I was just in Milwaukee this past weekend as my daughter will be attending Marquette University this fall. I recognized a lot of sites and you really did a good job capturing the feel of the city.
Awesome! this was my first time in Milwaukee just passing through, I don't claim to know anything about the city beyond the freeways but people who follow this channel like street tours so once in a while so I try to oblige.
@@Freewayjim - I totally apologize for the rude comments some are leaving. You took the time and effort to post something really nice and people leave negative remarks. Yikes.
@@maxsmith695 Thanks Max, I appreciate that, I get comments like that in other places too, I guess they don't understand the channel, can't be all things to all people but I appreciate your perspective in the other comments and kind words.
Milwaukee just like Chicago we’re just smaller. So fun cuz you even got Chicago people come to the Mil cuz there are things we got that they don’t got. We got the good and the bad exactly the same as Chicago. Trust me I know used to live in Illinois but born and raised in Milwaukee, my point is been downtown Chicago and south side of Chicago. South side Chicago just like north side of Milwaukee. Clubs downtown Milwaukee are so fun. Latinos in hoods in Chicago just like south side Latino hoods in Milwaukee lol. Got 414 in my veins got tat of Milwaukee 414 and Wisconsin on my arm lol and been all over Chicago letting it known where I’m from 💯
Milwaukee is far different. Milwaukee has always had been a small town in so many ways. Chicago was always an International city, with big city feel and culture.
@@maxsmith695 yet Milwaukee has the biggest music fest in the world, look it up called Summerfest. Chris Gardener was born in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee that movie Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith playing him would of never been made, Oprah Winfrey grew up in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee she wouldn’t be who she is, Gene Widler was born in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee that classic movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory would of never been made...yeah small city tho huh
@@asrealasitgets7798 Oprah lived in Milwaukee from 1963-1964. Her biography says she lived in a very dangerous neighborhood in Milwaukee. OMG ! That is pure nonsense. I worked in the black ghetto of Milwaukee from 1978-1982 and it was safe. I was white and I cannot say enough nice things about the black residents who lived there. I delivered ice to nearly every liquor store, gas station and grocery store in the ghetto. I would have done the job for free, it was that much fun.
@@maxsmith695 what I heard about Chicago back in those days wasn’t bad and I mean south side Englewood for example...now those days are over there Chicago’s bad yeah, but has almost 3 million people so of course all those murders but for the fact ratio is the realistic evaluation Milwaukee is worse matter a fact Milwaukee is the 6th most dangerous cities in America. Chicago 15% of homicide where Milwaukee 18% chance and I been all thru south side of Chicago late at night on weekend 10pm-2am, nothing happened didn’t even hear gunshots...where as in Milwaukee you don’t even gotta be in the dark cuz you still get shot at a park. I’ve almost gotten shot 4 times on north side 11th and Locust, south side 23rd and Becher, 14th and Grant, 15th and Arthur and when I was young 26th and Grant...moral of the story, I feel safer in Chicago at night than Milwaukee in morning, evening and night
@@asrealasitgets7798 I worked at 27th and Wells, and 8th and Mitchell. Streets totally safe before 1984. The police chief was exceedingly stern with the public, esp POC, and the streets like 16th, Wisconsin, Wells, 3rd, Burleigh, etc. were flooded with police cars, all the time. The 100 man Tactical Squad, drove 3 officers to a car and in their unmarked cars, roamed the inner city. From Brady and Farewell to National and 6th up to 35th over to 35th and Hampton. They worked with about 8-9 units on duty at one time, in the evenings, and were hand picked for their toughness. Add in Judge Seraphim, who gave exceedingly long prison sentences to lawbreakers, like 5-10 time longer than others and the streets were very quiet most days. The Police chief always got a standing ovation year in the annual July 4th Schlitz parade though downtown. After 1984, there were many changes made to policing the city, and lawbreakers seems to get the upper hand by 1990. Many businesses exited to Ozaukee county or Waukesha county and those departures, changed the character of the city. My guess is the influx of immigrants into the city, will change it back to a safe area. Whether those are from Mexico, Africa or the Middle East. These cultures often settle in an area with many, many extended family, buy the homes and begin businesses. I have seen this with the Chaldean culture, Somali culture and Mexican culture in which they moved into depressed areas, and made them much better and crime vanished !
Wow I was there way back in 1991-92 when Dahmer got arrested...I used to walk by his building on 25th St on my way to Marquette university. Long time ago. Funny how life goes on.
It was early on a Saturday morning when I filmed this. I purposely wanted to film in minimal traffic, it makes for a better video. I'm sure they would be more lively during the weekday.
Beautiful old Downtown, City Hall, Eastside, Bay View, Third Ward, Lakefront festivals. Sure, the Old Girl has her ugly and ratty side. What other US city that was dependent on heavy manufacturing since the late 1800s hasn't?
The Third Ward was considered tired part of the downtown area, but no longer. Preservationsits in WIs have done wonders for different communities. Two beautiful landmarks in Cedarburg, the large Catholic church on the south end of town and the Washington House hotel, were both in danger of being torn down in the mid 1970's. Both were preserved. The Mayor of Cedarburg in 1975, fought to preserve the Catholic church in town, despite the Msgr / pastor wanting to have it torn down. Never could figure that one out.
The music for the videos is listed in detail in the closing credits and is mentioned at 3:15 of the video. The previous video you asked about (I-94/I-794 I mentioned it at the 1:00 mark). This video also shows the song and title just under the screen with a link to buy the song.
The #1 complaint about Milwaukee, was always the roads. Sometimes when there was excessive snow in the winter, there were issues with potholes in the roads, but the city crews were always doing a diligent job getting them repaired.
Very Nice Video and I was raised there as a kid
Very nice tour!
awesome drive. i like the tunnel on ramp
I like the music with your video, very well put together. I haven't seen many videos that are well put together like yours. I do see other copying and learning from you which by the way is very cool.
By the way Milwaukee looks like a bright clean city & what i like the most about this city is that's it's located alongside lake Michigan....it's a bonus to be alongside a large lake that looks like a ocean or mountains that soar high above a city....now take me to Kitsilano beach, the beach is located in Vancouver Canada.
my family is orginially from Milwaukee all of my family lives there, but i now live in Tucson AZ and i love both place a lot!
Thank you very much dude !
Wow has my city changed so much in less then a decade!! Dude I kid you not, if you come back and re-film this, there’d be SUCH an difference lol. It looked nice back then but now we’ve re-done the whole downtown highway/freeway structure, we have a brand new very tall and beautiful all glass skyscraper added along our other skyscrapers, the Milwaukee Bucks have an brand new state of the art arena that has re-vamped the entire northwest part of our downtown and a bunch of new high-rise condominiums!! It’s actually amazing seeing how not too long ago you’ve filmed this and the difference it is today! Wow just wow! Great job Milwaukee
That's interesting, had no idea it might have changed that much, maybe someday I'll get up there again.
This is great! I've always considered Milwaukee as a miniature version Chicago!
Very nice tour/editing.
This was filmed in 2011, since then there has been road construction every summer, I they plan on finishing them all in about 2 years, but they are already much improved since this was filmed. It's a great city to visit if you've never been here, very underrated for what it has to offer.
There are some neat places in the city, like the Third Ward, Brady street, Mitchell Domes and St. Josephatt Basilica on south 6th, and many spectacular sights just beyond the city. Cedarburg, 15 miles north of downtown, is considered by some the most scenic small town in the state, with a preserved main street, waterfalls and covered bridge. Holy Hill and the scenic drive around Kettle Morraine is beautiful. That is 25 miles from Cedarburg. And for those with a little extra time in their schedule, Door County is 3 hours north. It is a peninsula dotted with quaint towns. Even the drive to DC, along highway 42 is worth the extra 45 minutes it requires. The Southwest quarter of the state, known as the "Driftless" because the glacier never passed over it, is full of rolling hills and valleys, without the rock formations that are seen in the other parts of the state. Wisconsin is full of spectacular landscapes, small scenic towns, and very friendly residents.
yeah there are great resturaunts and clubs
@localdriver You are welcome!
@Bryant5493 Thanks, it was pretty interesting.
Was feeling homesick today, watched this and it made me feel a little better. Thanks for showing the world our city's beauty.
Thanks for watching!
Look up on the google "Retro Milwaukee" where people who lived there for decades tell about what they remember about Milwaukee that most is not there anymore. I lived there from 1952 to 1988. The last time I was there was 2003.
You are right. Milwaukee is a favorable city. Thx for the ride !
@0marigolds Thanks, it was indeed enjoyable from behind the wheel.
That was a awesome video that you did of Milwaukee
Thank you!
Your welcome
Used to live downtown. On 27& St Paul and 31 and Wells managed apartments.
cool!!
so sweet! i love Milwaukee! great work!
My favorite city in the whole wide world! I love this video
يا مدينة ميلواكي .. حلوة راكي .. ما ريت مدينة تسواكي
I wanna visit my family in Milwaukee soooo so bad. I've never been in the USA :-((
Have you been to the States sometime over the eight years though?
Really great work on the video. I don't know what to say about Milwaukee though. A lot of work to be there.
i really thought you were going to crash on the guy at 4:57 lol
Old video, but glad you enjoyed your visit. Be sure to come back and take a look around again. Much has changed, and most of those streets have been resurfaced.
Was there in 2016 , shot one video but did not time for much else.
Yea!!!!! You Went Through My Favorite Tunnel. The Milwaukee Courthouse Annex Tunnel, With Orange Lights
Brought my kid up on vacation from small city Texas. You should have seen her eyes when I pulled directly into the garage for the museum from the freeway.
The grassy area next to the tunnel entrance, was the spot many Marquette High students used to hitch hike home, to the upper east side. That was common in the 70's.
You should do a new video of Milwaukee and take the hoan bridge to show a beautiful view of the US Bank and the Northwestern mutual tower and the other buildings.
dang those cars on old world 3rd street certainly fly by ;)
good video. Thank you !!!
Thank you!
Never once watching a TV game show did I ever see a winner win a free trip to Milwaukee. That's how good it is...
@drunkinpainter666 No, I did not check those things out.
Wow, absolutely incredible video, thanks so much for posting and making, appreciate it
Um, there is the Grand Ave Mall... but it's kinda dead... but the food court is nice.. and well the park, Veterans, on the lakefront is really nice...
It just looked interesting compared to some other cities, a nice mix of old and new with regards to the highways, I also thought it was laid out well.
Thank you very much!
fabiossss
You need to do a tour of Bay View in Milwaukee, if you haven't
I probably won't get to that.
Poor Milwaukee; it's like the little kid that receives no respect, compared to big brother Chicago. After extensively exploring Milwaukee in Google Streetview, I would have to say it's one of America's most underrated cities; certainly worth a few days of exploration. A lot of gentrification has taken place in the last decade. I can only imagine the potential bonanza of development that'll eventually take place along the former ROW of the old Park Freeway. Nice song, by the way.
FreewayBrent never heard anyone say "gentrification" positivley.
Awesome video.... I always like it when you showcase some of the more rare 80s hits in your videos.
Agree. My last vist there was 2003 after my mom died and I sold her home. I lived on the Northwest side. Maybe DownTown has improved with it's new streets and buildings but where I used to live is now rundown and scary to even walk on the street. I moved to Minnesota I miss my old Milwaukee and all it had.
Great video! I felt as though I just drove through my hometown, even though I'm over 2000 miles away.
Seattle?
Thank you!
Wow Beautiful. Im a Chicagoan but lived in Mil for about 10 years n miss it a lot. I still love the place. Met my Life Partner there n brought him back with me 26 years ago. :) Great People in Wisconsin.
Looks like it slow down there
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@danie123182 i think it's because road crews there aren't doing their job restriping the lanes
Thanks!
@FreewayBrent Thanks, and I agree 100%, Milwaukee is very underrated, Glad you liked the tune.
Nice video
@@celestialbeing5291 Thank you!
An interesting visit. Thanks for the ride.
i love ur videos thanks for the upload
Thanks, I appreciate that.
Truth .
I was just in Milwaukee this past weekend as my daughter will be attending Marquette University this fall. I recognized a lot of sites and you really did a good job capturing the feel of the city.
I love Wisconsin!
You toured the East Side of Milwaukee! Downtown is Wisconsin Ave from the River to Marquette U
Awesome! this was my first time in Milwaukee just passing through, I don't claim to know anything about the city beyond the freeways but people who follow this channel like street tours so once in a while so I try to oblige.
@@Freewayjim - You did a great job. As a 25 year resident, I doubt my work would be half as good.
@@maxsmith695 Thank you very much, Max!
@@Freewayjim - I totally apologize for the rude comments some are leaving. You took the time and effort to post something really nice and people leave negative remarks. Yikes.
@@maxsmith695 Thanks Max, I appreciate that, I get comments like that in other places too, I guess they don't understand the channel, can't be all things to all people but I appreciate your perspective in the other comments and kind words.
this video is great.
I LOVE MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN! This is an excellent video FreewayJim!!! Makes me feel like I'm back there even when I live up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Milwaukee just like Chicago we’re just smaller. So fun cuz you even got Chicago people come to the Mil cuz there are things we got that they don’t got. We got the good and the bad exactly the same as Chicago. Trust me I know used to live in Illinois but born and raised in Milwaukee, my point is been downtown Chicago and south side of Chicago. South side Chicago just like north side of Milwaukee. Clubs downtown Milwaukee are so fun. Latinos in hoods in Chicago just like south side Latino hoods in Milwaukee lol. Got 414 in my veins got tat of Milwaukee 414 and Wisconsin on my arm lol and been all over Chicago letting it known where I’m from 💯
Milwaukee is far different. Milwaukee has always had been a small town in so many ways. Chicago was always an International city, with big city feel and culture.
@@maxsmith695 yet Milwaukee has the biggest music fest in the world, look it up called Summerfest. Chris Gardener was born in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee that movie Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith playing him would of never been made, Oprah Winfrey grew up in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee she wouldn’t be who she is, Gene Widler was born in Milwaukee so without Milwaukee that classic movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory would of never been made...yeah small city tho huh
@@asrealasitgets7798 Oprah lived in Milwaukee from 1963-1964. Her biography says she lived in a very dangerous neighborhood in Milwaukee. OMG ! That is pure nonsense.
I worked in the black ghetto of Milwaukee from 1978-1982 and it was safe. I was white and I cannot say enough nice things about the black residents who lived there. I delivered ice to nearly every liquor store, gas station and grocery store in the ghetto. I would have done the job for free, it was that much fun.
@@maxsmith695 what I heard about Chicago back in those days wasn’t bad and I mean south side Englewood for example...now those days are over there Chicago’s bad yeah, but has almost 3 million people so of course all those murders but for the fact ratio is the realistic evaluation Milwaukee is worse matter a fact Milwaukee is the 6th most dangerous cities in America. Chicago 15% of homicide where Milwaukee 18% chance and I been all thru south side of Chicago late at night on weekend 10pm-2am, nothing happened didn’t even hear gunshots...where as in Milwaukee you don’t even gotta be in the dark cuz you still get shot at a park. I’ve almost gotten shot 4 times on north side 11th and Locust, south side 23rd and Becher, 14th and Grant, 15th and Arthur and when I was young 26th and Grant...moral of the story, I feel safer in Chicago at night than Milwaukee in morning, evening and night
@@asrealasitgets7798 I worked at 27th and Wells, and 8th and Mitchell. Streets totally safe before 1984. The police chief was exceedingly stern with the public, esp POC, and the streets like 16th, Wisconsin, Wells, 3rd, Burleigh, etc. were flooded with police cars, all the time. The 100 man Tactical Squad, drove 3 officers to a car and in their unmarked cars, roamed the inner city. From Brady and Farewell to National and 6th up to 35th over to 35th and Hampton. They worked with about 8-9 units on duty at one time, in the evenings, and were hand picked for their toughness. Add in Judge Seraphim, who gave exceedingly long prison sentences to lawbreakers, like 5-10 time longer than others and the streets were very quiet most days. The Police chief always got a standing ovation year in the annual July 4th Schlitz parade though downtown. After 1984, there were many changes made to policing the city, and lawbreakers seems to get the upper hand by 1990. Many businesses exited to Ozaukee county or Waukesha county and those departures, changed the character of the city. My guess is the influx of immigrants into the city, will change it back to a safe area. Whether those are from Mexico, Africa or the Middle East. These cultures often settle in an area with many, many extended family, buy the homes and begin businesses.
I have seen this with the Chaldean culture, Somali culture and Mexican culture in which they moved into depressed areas, and made them much better and crime vanished !
Oooh Milwaukee! Remind me to drive up north sometime next week. :D I also need to get out of Chicago sometimes, you know? :P
Thanks for watching!
You are welcome, I greatly appreciate your comment and thanks for watching!
Wow! It's been a long time since I was there. Only saw one familiar site. Great ride!
spectacular fancy city structure ,awe inspiring
Very nice video Jim !!! I would love to see more from WI !!! And hopefully from MN ! :))
Wow I was there way back in 1991-92 when Dahmer got arrested...I used to walk by his building on 25th St on my way to Marquette university. Long time ago. Funny how life goes on.
Living west of 20th street was quite the hike to class. 25th street was far, on those cold days and there were many such days.
Second best city I've ever been to. Besides Disney World in Orlando.
JustASimpleFox LOL you haven’t been to many places then my friend
LUV that song...who is that, please?
@eluko79 Thanks, and I agree with your take on Milwaukee.
Very good video made me feel like home even tho living in charlotte nc now
@Rivermoneymaker Whaat??? Milwaukee is the best!!
It was early on a Saturday morning when I filmed this. I purposely wanted to film in minimal traffic, it makes for a better video. I'm sure they would be more lively during the weekday.
Here again, would it be possible to get the name of the music ? Thanks a lot.
Oh how i miss milwaukee!!! Cant wait to go back!!!
Andreakeia Boyd Awesome video by the way
Andreakeia Boyd I do too & can't wait!
Thank you! I like to keep my videos mostly in the 4-8 minute range, I don't live in or near Milwaukee so I won't be filming what you mentioned, sorry.
LOL, yeah it adds up but thank you for watching :)
@fiero2 Thank you! I have one more from Mlwaukee coming up soon but have never been to Minny yet, maybe some day.
Damn, there's no traffic at all and the streets are so empty.
@chloegful Thank you, I appreciate the comment and I do put a lot of thought in to the music I use with the footage.
Beautiful old Downtown, City Hall, Eastside, Bay View, Third Ward, Lakefront festivals. Sure, the Old Girl has her ugly and ratty side. What other US city that was dependent on heavy manufacturing since the late 1800s hasn't?
too many white ppl
Brad J. You obviously never been to 53206 bro
The Third Ward was considered tired part of the downtown area, but no longer. Preservationsits in WIs have done wonders for different communities.
Two beautiful landmarks in Cedarburg, the large Catholic church on the south end of town and the Washington House hotel, were both in danger of being torn down in the mid 1970's. Both were preserved.
The Mayor of Cedarburg in 1975, fought to preserve the Catholic church in town, despite the Msgr / pastor wanting to have it torn down. Never could figure that one out.
The music for the videos is listed in detail in the closing credits and is mentioned at 3:15 of the video. The previous video you asked about (I-94/I-794 I mentioned it at the 1:00 mark). This video also shows the song and title just under the screen with a link to buy the song.
*>▬► Greetings Since La Plata City _ Buenos Aires - Argentina. ◄▬
Aw man, you didn't pass the art museum. That place is amazing!
I think I did in another video.
oh yeah i didn't watch all, sorry.
@trainluvr Thank you!
@ryanaus04 Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
downtown Milwaukee looks a lot like the Exchange District in downtown Winnipeg.
Is Shotz Brewery anywhere around? >
cool downtown, nicely situated. the roads seem to need re-pavement.
My god flinched thinking he was going to crash a 4:59
what is the song name
The #1 complaint about Milwaukee, was always the roads. Sometimes when there was excessive snow in the winter, there were issues with potholes in the roads, but the city crews were always doing a diligent job getting them repaired.
@ChavoMysterio I know, I'm old enough to remember that show :)
@amhome It's 10AM on a Saturday morning! Everyone was at the parks along Lincoln memorial Drive, as you'll see in the next video.
its funny cus i drive thes streets ever day but u make them look good when they actuly suck
@KayKay37122 Thanks, and I did enjoy my short stay in Milwaukee, I shot 4 videos there in all.
@Steve95401 Considering I spent less than 24 hours in Milwaukee I really appreciate that comment, thanks!
I was obviously making a joking reference to Laverne and Shirley.
I post that info in the closing credits (Acura TL).