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Architects: Johnsen Schmaling Architects
- Area: 88000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:John J. Macaulay
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Manufacturers: USG, GE Cosntruction Sealants, Kawneer, Pella EFCO
Text description provided by the architects. Belay MKE is a mixed-use development at the northern edge of downtown Milwaukee, a formally restrained building that combines an 18,000-square-foot indoor rock-climbing gym with 46 small apartment units. The project occupies an urban brownfield site known as Humboldt Yards, where the repair shops of the now-defunct “Milwaukee Road” Railway were located until the early 1970s. After sitting idle for decades, Humboldt Yard has seen sporadic construction activity in recent years to absorb some of the pressure from the city’s rapidly growing downtown population.
