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Mar 13, 2006 | 7:46 am

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abelscc

Join Date: May 2005

Location: Door Co, Wi

Programs: DL, HH Gold, SPG Gold, Fairmont

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Originally Posted by MKEbound

Shopping: All located in the Main Terminal, presecurity unless noted:
The Renaissance Book Store sells new and used books. This shop has been written up in the USAtoday and other publications as one of the best airport shops in the world. It offers a huge selection of new, used and rare books and magazines. If you want to buy a large stack of books, they can even ship them home for you and thus avoid sales tax (if shipped out of state)

Thank you for the great report on the MKE airport. This should be a sticky.

I don't get to travel out of the MKE airport as often as I would like. GRB is my home airport. MKE holds a warm place in my heart. Every time I do get there, I remember the times as a child I visited my dad who lived near the airport. He took me to the airport to watch the planes. My son now lives near the airport which is why I sometimes fly from MKE.

I also try to have extra time to look at Renaissance Books. They have the best selection. I also enjoy the fact that they have one of the largest used book stores in the US on Plankinton Ave in MKE. It is a huge five story building. If they don't have what you are looking for at the airport, be sure to ask. They probably have it at their downtown store. It was always on of our stops when visiting MKE. One of the first things my daughter called to tell me when she first moved to Milw for college was how close she was to the Renaissance Book Shop.