Lindsay Heights has always been a central square in the patchwork quilt of Milwaukee neighborhoods. As one of the oldest squares, it has been woven of several threads--first German, then Jewish, finally African-American--and it has carried several names, including the Seventh Ward and North Division before Lindsay Heights prevailed. The neighborhood has also suffered more wear than most squares in the urban quilt, the result of highway construction and poverty as well as age. Since the 1950s Lindsay Heights has lost both people and buildings, but it never lost hope.