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name: "Woodland Pattern Book Center"
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status: unknown
url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/woodland-pattern-book-center-fba264
record_id: fba264b4-adbe-4172-ae71-68162196d274
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# Woodland Pattern Book Center

Bookstores in Riverwest, Milwaukee.

Status: Unknown. No license in force or recent check on file.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 720 E Locust St, Milwaukee, 53212 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.0712398&lng=-87.9019991) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Hours | Tuesday to Friday: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday: noon to 5:00 pm | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1 414 263 5001 | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | [woodlandpattern.org](https://www.woodlandpattern.org/) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1923 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [Wikidata Q8032874](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032874), [OpenStreetMap way/404967971](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/404967971) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

Woodland Pattern Book Center is on OpenStreetMap at 720 E Locust St, Milwaukee. It is not yet a listed place; a Neighborhood Mayor or the editor can nominate it. [Inclusion rule](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/inclusion-rule.md)

## The building

Use this to decide whether the building is worth a look for its history: when it went up, what the City records it as, and which historic registers list it.

Built 1923, bookstore, 1 story.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year built | 1923 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Use | Bookstore | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 1 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Floor area | 4,408 square feet | City property file | 2026-11-02 |

## Getting there

Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.

Bus:

- Routes 22 and 66 at Locust & Bremen, a 2-minute walk (151 m)
- Routes 22 and 66 at Bremen & Chambers, a 3-minute walk (227 m)
- Route 15 at Holton & Locust, a 3-minute walk (261 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Humboldt & Locust (2828 N. Humboldt Blvd.), a 4-minute walk (359 m)
- Bublr dock Burleigh & Fratney (798 E. Burleigh Street), a 5-minute walk (382 m)

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.0712398&lng=-87.9019991).

Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 1, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.
Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 1, 2026.

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## Sources and record

Datasets:

- [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0
- [City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Licensing): Creative Commons Zero \(CC0 1.0\)

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Building area | 4,408 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | Bookstore, land use code 5942 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.07124, -87.90200 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Inception | 1979 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Woodland Pattern Book Center | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Official website | http://www.woodlandpattern.org | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 |
| Opening hours | Tuesday to Friday: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday: noon to 5:00 pm | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | shop=books | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | way/404967971 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm ids | way/404967971 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1 414 263 5001 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| External pages | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032874, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland\_Pattern\_Book\_Center | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 1 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | https://www.woodlandpattern.org/ | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Wikidata | Q8032874 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Wikidata id | Q8032874 | Wikidata | Wikidata | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1923 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53212 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-02.

Record id: fba264b4-adbe-4172-ae71-68162196d274

Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/woodland-pattern-book-center-fba264), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/woodland-pattern-book-center-fba264.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/woodland-pattern-book-center-fba264.json).

## For agents

Woodland Pattern Book Center \(bookstores in Riverwest, Milwaukee\) is at 720 E Locust St, Milwaukee, 53212. It is not a listed place, and its status is unknown \(No license in force or recent check on file\).

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