Landmark Lanes, 2220 N. Farwell Ave., and a stone's throw from the OnMilwaukee.com world headquarters, is gearing up for its 80th birthday on April 27.
Located beneath the historic Oriental Theater on Milwaukee's East Side, it's among the city's oldest and most storied bowling alleys. Its game room is classic, its bars have stools for all walks of life and through its storied past there has always been an eclectic crowd of regulars from Mark Borchardt of "American Movie" to former Bucks star Ray Allen.
To celebrate, Landmark is hosting a private 80th anniversary celebration and media event on Monday, April 23. Area business and community leaders will celebrate and hear from Bill Ryan, Landmark Lanes' manager of more than 30 years. Slava Tuzhilkov is the current owner.
OnMilwaukee.com is compiling stories about Landmark and will report from the anniversary event on April 23.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
