Looking west up W Wisconsin Ave, possibly from the 10th floor of Gimbel's at N. Plankinton. The 21-story Wisconsin Tower, built in 1930, rises in the distance at left. A sign atop one of the buildings…

Summer of 1956, W Wisconsin looking east from N 8th St. The tall building on the left is the Wisconsin Tower, and the building on the right is the Belvedere Apartments. There is a lit up advertisement…

The old Empire Building was built around 1898 on the northeast corner of N. Plankinton and W. Wisconsin Aves. When this photograph was taken, the Empire Café was on the ground floor; second floor tena…