MKE Streetcar: Notable Buildings
Edited by John December / Updates/More Info: johndecember.com/mke
These are buildings over 30 meters tall* that are near** The Hop Streetcar's Main Line (first table) and then The Hop Streetcar's Lakefront Line (second table) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are sorted by tallest to shortest.
Since the Main and Lakefront Lines have shared stops along Milwaukee St and Broadway, some tall buildings are actually located on both lines. In these cases, I list the building for its Main Line ranking only. Thus, the Lakefront Line buildings in the second table are near Lakefront-Line only stops.
Notable Tall Buildings Along The Hop Streetcar's Main Line
| Count | Building | Address | Floors | Height (ft) | Height (m) | Done |
| M1 | 100 E Wisconsin | 100 E Wisconsin Ave | 37 | 549.0 | 167.3 | 1989 |
| M2 | Milwaukee Center | 111 E Kilbourn Ave | 28 | 426.0 | 129.8 | 1988 |
| M3 | 411 E Wisconsin Center | 411 E Wisconsin Ave | 30 | 408.0 | 124.4 | 1985 |
| M4 | 7Seventy7 | 777 N Van Buren St | 34 | 387.0 | 118.0 | 2018 |
| M5 | Milwaukee City Hall | 200 E Wells St | 15 | 353.0 | 107.6 | 1895 |
| M6 | 333 N Water St | 333 N Water St | 31 | 347.0 | 105.8 | Expected 2024 |
| M7 | BMO Tower | 790 N Water St | 25 | 328.0 | 100.0 | 2020 |
| M8 | 1000 N Water St | 1000 N Water St | 16 | 296.0 | 90.2 | 1991 |
| M9 | Yankee Hill Apartments (S tower) | 626 E Kilbourn Ave | 23 | 293.0 | 89.3 | 1987 |
| M10 | Chase Tower | 111 E Wisconsin Ave | 22 | 288.0 | 87.8 | 1961 |
| M11 | The Ascent | 700 E Kilbourn Ave | 25 | 284 | 86.6 | 2022 |
| M12 | 770 North | 770 N Water St | 21 | 277.0 | 84.4 | 1969 |
| M13 | Cathedral Place | 555 E Wells St | 19 | 266.3 | 81.2 | 2004 |
| M14 | Juneau Village B | 1009 N Jackson St | 27 | 264.0 | 80.5 | 1965 |
| M15 | The Breakwater | 1313 N Franklin Pl | 21 | 260.0 | 79.2 | 2009 |
| M16 | The Pfister Hotel Tower | 424 E Wisconsin Ave | 21 | 250.0 | 76.2 | 1965 |
| M17 | Yankee Hill Apartments (N tower) | 626 E State St | 19 | 242.0 | 73.8 | 1987 |
| M18 | 250 Plaza | 250 E Wisconsin Ave | 18 | 229.2 | 69.9 | 1973 |
| M19 | City Center at 735 | 735 N Water St | 16 | 216.0 | 65.8 | 1914 |
| M20 | AT&T Center | 722 N Broadway | 19 | 213.0 | 64.9 | 1924 |
| M21 | Wells Building | 324 E Wisconsin Ave | 15 | 212.0 | 64.6 | 1901 |
| M22 | The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (steeple) | 812 N Jackson St | 3 | 195.0 | 59.4 | 1853 |
| M23 | 330 Kilbourn (NW tower) | 330 E Kilbourn Ave | 14 | 178.3 | 54.3 | 1982 |
| M24 | 330 Kilbourn (SE tower) | 330 E Kilbourn Ave | 14 | 178.3 | 54.3 | 1984 |
| M25 | First Financial Centre | 200 E Wisconsin Ave | 14 | 171.0 | 52.1 | 1929 |
| M26 | Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building | 841 N Broadway | 13 | 169.6 | 51.7 | 1960 |
| M27 | The Lodgewood | 1121 N Waverly Pl | 13 | 165.6 | 50.5 | 1954 |
| M28 | Milwaukee Athletic Club | 758 N Broadway | 12 | 160.0 | 48.8 | 1917 |
| M29 | United States Courthouse & Federal Building | 517 E Wisconsin Ave | 8 | 155.0 | 47.2 | 1892 |
| M30 | St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (steeple) | 844 N Broadway | 1 | 150.0 | 45.7 | 1866 |
| M31 | Convent Hill Apartments | 455 E Ogden Ave | 11 | 140.1 | 42.7 | 2008 |
| M32 | Cathedral Church of All Saints (steeple) | 818 E Juneau Ave | 2 | 140.0 | 42.7 | 1891 |
| M33 | Juneau Village A | 1029 N Jackson St | 14 | 132.0 | 40.2 | 1971 |
| M34 | Juneau Village C | 1129 N Jackson St | 14 | 132.0 | 40.2 | 1971 |
| M35 | Railway Exchange Building | 229 E Wisconsin Ave | 12 | 130.0 | 39.6 | 1901 |
| M36 | Huron Building | 511 N Broadway | 11 | 129.0 | 39.3 | 2020 |
| M37 | MGIC Headquarters Building | 250 E Kilbourn Ave | 10 | 127.4 | 38.8 | 1972 |
| M38 | InterContinental Milwaukee | 139 E Kilbourn Ave | 10 | 127.4 | 38.8 | 1987 |
| M39 | Hermann Viets Tower/ Roy W. Johnson Residence Hall | 1121 N Milwaukee St | 13 | 125.0 | 38.1 | 2021 / 1965 |
| M40 | Fiduciary Building | 225 E Mason St | 9 | 124.0 | 37.8 | 1892 |
| M41 | Commission House Condominiums | 400 N Broadway | 10 | 122.0 | 37.2 | 1911 |
| M42 | Mackie Building | 225 E Michigan St | 8 | 120.0 | 36.6 | 1880 |
| M43 | The Pfister Hotel | 424 E Wisconsin Ave | 8 | 119.5 | 36.4 | 1893 |
| M44 | 601 Lofts | 601 E Ogden Ave | 10 | 116.8 | 35.6 | 2007 |
| M45 | City Hall Square Apartments | 104 E Mason St | 8 | 115.0 | 35.1 | 1909 |
| M46 | Underwriter's Exchange Building | 828 N Broadway | 9 | 114.6 | 34.9 | 1924 |
| M47 | Mitchell Building | 207 E Michigan St | 6 | 105.0 | 32.0 | 1876 |
| M48 | The Blackstone | 709 E Juneau Ave | 9 | 105.0 | 32.0 | 1915 |
| M49 | The Grain Exchange | 741 N Milwaukee St | 9 | 104.0 | 31.7 | 1935 |
| M50 | Margaret Loock Residence Hall | 324 E Juneau Ave | 11 | 103.7 | 31.6 | 1967 |
| M51 | The Astor Hotel | 924 E Juneau Ave | 8 | 102.0 | 31.1 | 1920 |
| M52 | City Green Apartments, South Building | 1100 N Cass St | 8 | 101.9 | 31.1 | 2007 |
| M53 | Cathedral Square Building | 788 N Jefferson St | 8 | 101.9 | 31.1 | 1968 |
| M54 | Exton Apartments | 1260 N Prospect Ave | 9 | 100.0 | 30.5 | 1938 |
Notable Tall Buildings Along The Hop Streetcar's Lakefront Line
| Count | Building | Address | Floors | Height (ft) | Height (m) | Done |
| L1 | US Bank Center | 777 E Wisconsin Ave | 42 | 601.0 | 183.2 | 1973 |
| L2 | Northwestern Mutual Tower | 815 E Mason St | 35 | 550.0 | 167.6 | 2017 |
| L3 | The Couture | 909 E Michigan St | 44 | 537 | 163.6 | Expected 2024 |
| L4 | Northwestern Mutual North Building | 818 E Mason St | 19 | 395 | 120.4 | 1990, refurbishing 2024 |
| L5 | 833 East Michigan | 833 E Michigan St | 17 | 258.0 | 78.6 | 2016 |
| L6 | Gas Light Building | 626 E Wisconsin Ave | 20 | 250.0 | 76.2 | 1930 |
| L7 | Northwestern Mutual Home Office | 720 E Wisconsin Ave | 8 | 136.8 | 41.7 | 1912 |
| L8 | The Westin Milwaukee | 550 N Van Buren St | 9 | 114.6 | 34.9 | 2017 |
| L9 | 731 North Jackson Street | 731 N Jackson St | 9 | 114.6 | 34.9 | 1929 |
Footnotes
* Data Sources: Wikipedia.org, local media, and observations along the route.
** About 1 or 2 blocks away from a stop, and perhaps just a bit more for a few important destinations. I'm using the distance of about 400 meters for how far the site can be from a streetcar stop. This would be about a 5-minute walk. This corresponds to a commonly-used distance to define the "walk shed" for transit (see for example Ped Shed: walkable urban design and sustainable placemaking and Introduction to the MBTA Walksheds Atlas ).