GET ME REWRITE: Manitowoc Wisconsin's former Mirro site remains a wasteland

 

Photos and video by Retiring Guy

Herald Times Reporter, 4/19/2022

All that remains of Manitowoc's old Mirro Aluminum Company building on Washington Street is the brick and cement archway thousands of employees walked in and out of through the years. 

In the coming months, a developer plans to build housing on the square’s south side. Before the bulldozers begin digging, we thought we would take a look at Mirro and the Mirro site’s history in Manitowoc.

Most recent timeline entry

•​​​​​​​ 2022: After a few potential buyers showed interest in the vacated downtown site, city leaders accepted an offer from Milwaukee developer Wire Capital Group to build “workforce” or affordable housing on the south side of the property. The city sold the property for $1 because the area would be a former contamination site.

IMUSA now owns the Mirro brand.

Related posts:

2023

Still no sign of redevelopment of Mirro site in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  (9/3)

Update on the Mirro site in Manitowoc Wisconsin.  (8/19)

Mirro site will be on the City of Manitowoc's Community Development Authority.  (7/23)

The Arch:  Memorial to Manitowoc's manufacturing past.  (6/4).  

2021

What was once Mirro is still an empty city block 4 years later.  (12/1)

2020

The Mirro Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  (8/10)

Dear Don Zimmer, I think you have much bigger fish to fry. Please get your county's priorities straight. Best, Retiring Guy.  (1/23)

2016
But in the meantime, the only thing moving at the ruins of Mirro is this rooftop tree.  (7/31)

Dear Mayor Nickels, I'm still standing. Love, Mirro.  (5/3)

2014
Following up on Mirro's demise and demolition (part 1).  (7/29)
Following up on Mirro's demise and demolition (part 2).  (7/29)