Urban spelunking: Milwaukee County Research Park at the old Muirdale Sanatorium

Despite its name, the Milwaukee County Research Park feels almost something like a mixed-use neighborhood. The park occupies land that long helped Milwaukeeans overcome tuberculosis, a disease that is estimated to have killed nearly one in every seven human beings that ever lived.

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Despite its name, the Milwaukee County Research Park – founded in 1993 – feels almost like something of a mixed-use neighborhood. And upcoming changes could make it seem even more so…

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