If sitting in the dark for a couple of hours with no heat on a brutally cold winter night isn’t enough excitement for downtown Waukesha, then almost being blown to bits by a gas leak may do the trick.
Last Friday, around 5PM or so, a small section of downtown near Clinton and Main was evacuated for a short time until the fire department, along with help from WE Energies, was able to quell a hissing gas main.
I don’t exactly know which building on the 300 block of Main it was, but locals were saying you could smell gas for quite a distance.
I have included an artist’s rendering of what the scene could have looked like had the leak gone undetected too much longer.
On a lighter note, I have been sworn to secrecy about what is happening in the building across the street from our Art Academy- that is until I heard all about it this weekend from just about everybody else downtown.
However, I am not actually going to let the cat out of the bag just yet.
Since the veil of secrecy has not yet been officially lifted, I will just say this… one of downtown Waukesha’s favorite stores is going to reinvent itself this year- and they have chosen the building across from us to do it in.
We couldn’t be more excited.
With our new neighbor across the street and the soon-to-be-open Live Music Studio next door to us, the once quite end of West Main Street is suddenly becoming a very trendy destination.
Hope East Main doesn’t get jealous.
And if you are still trying to guess who is moving in across the street, I will give you this hint- but you will be sworn to secrecy as well…
Got it yet?
