Milwaukee's long-connection to Cream City Brick, the cream or yellow-colored brick made for decades from local clay high in lime and magnesium, is growing stronger. Mayor Cavalier Johnson issued a ...

Cream City brick emerged from Milwaukee's kilns in the 1830s. The relatively high concentration of lime and sulfur in the clay found in the Menomonee Valley region created that creamy hue.

"You can make a beige brick, but it won't be a true Cream City brick," he said."The industry has moved on from the process," he added, explaining the history of what he calls "the specific ...

MILWAUKEE – It's in swanky new condos and historic old buildings, a focal point in both construction and renovation: Milwaukee's once-forgotten signature, Cream City brick, has made a comeback ...

Cream City brick is identifiably Milwaukee. Brooklyn has brownstone, Chicago has greystone, Sante Fe has adobe, and we have Cream City brick. The material came from the Menomonee Valley, full of ...

MILWAUKEE AP - It's in swanky new condos and historic old buildings, and it's a focal point in new construction and renovation: Milwaukee's once-forgotten signature, Cream City brick, has made a ...

Milwaukee is the home and eponym of Cream City brick, much of it made right in the Menomonee Valley near Downtown. Here – in honor of Dan Atkinson's upcoming show of artwork created with Cream ...

Cream City brick's story starts around 25,000 years ago during the Ice Age, when glaciers deposited clay, rocks, and other material in the Milwaukee area. Water from glacial melt and Lake Michigan ...

MILWAUKEE - Recently recovered, pristine Cream City brick was defaced by vandals at a Milwaukee church. At Brown and Vel R. Phillips Avenue, construction on the grounds of St. Francis of Assisi is ...

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.

Overall the uniform was created in honor of a city built brick by Cream City brick. The Bucks Cream City Edition Collection, featuring the new Cream City jersey, will go on sale Wednesday, Nov. 27 ...

Stern, who dedicated his master’s thesis to cream city bricks, said the Burnham children continued in the brick-making business with spots in Bay View, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa until 1929.