West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.
[11] Since then, West Allis has had some success attracting other employers, such as Quad Graphics.
The West Allis Post Office contains two oil on canvas murals, Wisconsin Wild Flowers – Spring and Wisconsin Wild Flowers – Autumn, painted in 1943 by Frances Foy.
[18] Candy Cane Lane runs through Oklahoma and Montana Avenues and 92nd to 96th Street.
Residents have been creating elaborate Christmas display since 1984, bringing bumper-to-bumper traffic through the streets on December nights.
[20] Pettit National Ice Center is one of only two indoor speed skating rinks in the United States.
West Allis is also the location of the Milwaukee Mile, the world's oldest racing facility.
Portions of the Hank Aaron State Trail run through the city near its northern border.
[21] The Union Pacific Waukesha Subdivision (former Chicago & North Western) runs through West Allis.The line once extended to Lancaster on the southwest corner of Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company had lines running concurrently through West Allis along the right of way of present day Interstate 894.
They split at St. Martins Junction and went south to Burlington and west to East Troy.
Tim Carpenter (D) and Dale P. Kooyenga (R) represent West Allis in the Wisconsin State Senate, and Daniel Riemer (D), Tom Michalski (R), and Joe Sanfelippo (R) represent West Allis in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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