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East Town Information
East Town Home to Milwaukee's central business district. The neighborhood is
east of the Milwaukee River. It is bordered by Brady Street on the lower east
side, the Third Ward on the south, and Lake Michigan on the east. This area
contained the original Juneau Town settlement which competed with the
neighboring Kilbourn Town for people and resources and has a remarkably
different feel. East Town has dense, narrower streets and a more intimate feel,
whereas Westown has broad, vast streets with older buildings. The strikingly
modern skyscrapers of the Northwestern Mutual Life complex and Milwaukee's
tallest building, the U.S. Bank Center, as well as the city's four other tallest
buildings, dominate the eastern portion of the neighborhood. Other noteworthy
buildings include the Chase Bank building, the Faison building, and the Morgan
Stanley building. Also, two large condominium developments, Kilbourn Tower and
University Club tower, are under construction or have been recently completed in
the northern half of the neighborhood. Both buildings are over 32 stories tall
and have units priced at two million dollars apiece. The neighborhood also
contains the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and Old St. Mary's Church
which have survived from the early days of Milwaukee. The East Town neighborhood
association hosts Jazz in the Park, an outdoor music concert series at Cathedral
Square Park.