Editing Greendale, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
[[File:Greendale Wisconsin LOC fsa 8a04391a.jpg|thumb|Houses in Greendale, 1939]]

===Native American peoples===
The first recorded inhabitants of the Greendale area were various [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American tribes]], including the [[Potawatomi]]. The [[1833 Treaty of Chicago]] struck an agreement between the United States government that required the [[Chippewa]], [[Odawa]], and Potawatomi tribes to cede to the US government 5,000,000 acres (2,000,000 ha). In exchange for ceding their lands in the area, they were to receive monetary payments and lands west of the Mississippi in [[Indian Territory]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Potawatomi Treaties and Treaty Rights - Milwaukee Public Museum |url=https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-107 |access-date=December 12, 2022|website=www.mpm.edu}}</ref>

===1930s and beyond===
Greendale was one of three government-sponsored "Greenbelt" communities constructed by the [[Resettlement Administration]], starting in 1936, as part of President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]]. The other Greenbelt communities were [[Greenbelt, Maryland]] and [[Greenhills, Ohio]].<ref>Lindsay Isaacs. "[https://www.americancityandcounty.com/2012/02/23/a-federal-experiment-sets-out-lasting-models-for-suburban-development/ A federal experiment sets out lasting models for suburban development]". American City & County, February 23, 2012.</ref> Greendale was incorporated as a village on November 1, 1938. The planners and selection committees excluded African-American families from renting homes and created a racially segregated and all-white suburban community.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://uwm.edu/urban-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/231/2015/12/Starner-Heffron82-100.pdf |author=Sierra Starner-Hefron |title=The Story of Greendale: A Utopia Unrealized |journal=e.polis |volume=7 |date=Spring 2015 |pages=82–100 |access-date=October 17, 2022}}</ref>

The original downtown area included the village hall, built in a [[Colonial Williamsburg]] style, 366 new homes comprising 572 living units, and several businesses. These homes were often referred to as "Greendale Originals".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.achp.gov/preserve-america/community/greendale-wisconsin |title = Greendale, Wisconsin |publisher=Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |access-date=October 16, 2022}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> The Greenbelt communities were patterned after the British [[garden city movement]] [[urban planning]] concept, built so residents could walk to schools, shops, and parks. Greendale was intended to be a model village for the working class. Income limits were from $1200 to $2700 per year, depending upon family size. In 1938, a one-bedroom Original rented for $19 a month. Rent for a four-bedroom home was $46 a month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/greendale/ |title=Greendale |website=Encyclopedia of Milwaukee |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |access-date=October 16, 2022}}</ref> Over 200 of the "Originals" have unique artistic designs on the chimneys.

Federal ownership of Greendale ended in 1953.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Alanen |first1=Arnold |last2=Eden |first2=Joseph |author-link= |date=2012 |title=Main Street Ready-Made: The New Deal Community of Greendale, Wisconsin |url= |location=Madison, Wisconsin |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |page=88 |isbn=978-0-87020-511-8}}</ref> In the late 1950s Greendale experienced growth in conjunction with the expansion of the Milwaukee suburbs as a whole. Although new homes were built and the number of minority families increased in Milwaukee County, racially restrictive covenants were used to maintain the all-white Greendale community. In 1958, the Crestview Acres land was sold by Elroy H. Barbian for development with the restrictive covenant that only white families could purchase the homes. "No Persons other than the white race shall own or occupy any building on said tract, but this covenant shall not prevent occupancy of persons of a race other than the white race who are domestic servants of the owner or occupant of said building."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www4.uwm.edu/eti/Archives/RaciallyRestrictiveCovenants.pdf |author=Metropolitan  Integration  Research  Center |title=Racially Restrictive Covenants: The Making of All-White Suburbs in Milwaukee County |access-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905071457/https://www4.uwm.edu/eti/Archives/RaciallyRestrictiveCovenants.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Southridge Mall (Wisconsin)|Southridge Mall]] opened in 1970 as the southern sister mall to [[Northridge Mall (Milwaukee)|Northridge Mall]]. Both malls were located on 76th Street, close to major east–west artery roads. Both were developed by [[Herb Kohl]] and [[Taubman Centers, Inc.]]

In 1996, the shopping district in the center of the village was purchased by the Grandhaven investment firm founded by [[Roy Reiman]], founder of a publishing company headquartered in the village. The remake of the "Village Center" brought updates, attracted new restaurants, and made the village center more of a tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-06-14-9806140036-story.html |title=ORIGINAL ISSUE  |date=June 14, 1998 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=October 16, 2022}}</ref> More than 40,000 flowers are planted annually along the downtown streets in hanging baskets, sidewalk beds, and storefront window boxes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovergreendale.com/ |title=Discover Greendale Wisconsin |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Discover Greendale Wisconsin |access-date=November 24, 2022}}</ref>

To ease managing more than 2,000 men during Greendale's construction, workers were directed to the "A section", the "B section", the "C section", etc. This alphabetical reference has endured. Still today, all streets in each section begin with the same letter — the A section includes Angle Lane, Apricot Court, etc.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=183617 |title=Greendale is 'Alphabetized' Historical Marker |publisher=The Historical Marker Database |date=October 12, 2021 |access-date=December 12, 2022}}</ref>