MY CHOPPER OR YOURS?

U. S. Bank wants Helipad

Milwaukee continues to hurtle into a Jetsons-esque 21st century with the announcement that U.S. Bank wants to build a helicopter landing facility at the site of a mixed use (residential, commercial, office) building of 41 to 45 stories it plans to build at 815 E. Michigan Street, adjacent to the U. S. Bank Building, 777 E. Wisconsin Avenue, the state's tallest office tower.
The plans will require a special use variance from the city's Board of Zoning Appeals, which will hear the Minnesota bank's request as the 74th item on its agenda on February 23. --Michael Horne

UPDATE -- 15 February 2006
Sorry to disappoint all of you helicopter and skyscraper fans, but I have some bad news for you, which I will allow Andrea Rowe Richards of the Department of City Development to deliver to you. Take it away, Andrea:

"Both the dimensional variance and special use applications were
withdrawn. This would include the heliopad. The architects, Kahler
Slater, submitted a letter to BOZA that requests the matter be postponed
for six months as the developer conducts a search for tenants." [End of Andrea Rowe Richards quote]

Bummer! [Comment by editor.]