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The original Union building at the west end of the present site was erected in 1956, and enlarged and remodeled in 1963. This project was called Stage I.
Stage II of the Union, an addition to the east, was completed in 1972. It included the Kenwood Inn, Wisconsin Room, Cinema, Union Art Gallery, UWM Bookstore, Gasthaus, meeting rooms and offices for the Union staff and student organizations, and a two-level parking structure under the mall with space for 461 vehicles. A bowling alley and billiard room were installed in what had been the Bookstore space in Stage I.
The North Enclosure, added in 1988, created space for UW Credit Union offices, retail businesses, and a food court. In 1996 the Terrace Room opened in the first-floor space formerly known as the Snack Bar, and provided an additional entrance off Kenwood Blvd. |
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Built: 1956
Cost: $ 366,000 (Original building)
Architect: Brimeyer, Grelinger & Rose
1963 (Stage I)
Architect: Maynard W. Mayer & Assoc.
Cost: $ 2,305,000
1972 (Stage II)
Architect: Maynard W. Mayer & Assoc.
Cost: $ 8,444,610
1988 (North Enclosure)
Architect: Torke Wirth Pujara
Cost: $ 3,156,200
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