Central City Plaza
ZND has officially adopted Central City Plaza as the newest Historic District in Milwaukee!!
Thank you to the entire community who came out to support this, wrote letters, signed petitions, spoke to the Alderwoman, your neighbors, your friends...your voices were heard and amplified for all of history.
It goes without saying a very special thanks to Do_co,mo.mo Wisconsin for their partnership and advocacy, Ald. Milele A. Coggs for so strongly engaging the community, and especially The Salvation Army of Wisconsin for their extreme adaptability, willingness to listen and learn with open hearts, and to passionately explore adaptive reuse.
This truly was a success of collaboration, communication, kindness, and village. In a time that is so fractured and full of divide, Milwaukeeans came together and rallied to save a vital history from erasure. To quote the Alderwoman, "These walls were built to last for this very moment."
Recent press on Central City Plaza
Entire Central City Plaza Now Proposed for Historic Designation
Petitions Filed to Block Demolition and Grant Historic Designation to Building Designed by Pioneering Black Architect Alonzo Robinson Jr.
Salvation Army Now Wants To Save Black Landmark It Planned To Raze
With One of His Milwaukee Buildings at Risk, This is the Story of Alonzo Robinson Jr.
Milwaukee’s Central City Plaza Honored for Its Significance in Black Entrepreneurship and Architecture