I have had a crush on Johnny Depp ever since watching my first episode of "21 Jump Street," and now, it has been officially announced that he and Christian Bale will be in Wisconsin to film the movie "Public Enemies." 

Unfortunately, Brookfield will probably not be on the list of filming locales.  Sigh. 

They will come... and put in a dentist's office. 

Is it just me, or does it seem like all the new buildings in Brookfield seem to house

a) banks;

b) medical professionals' offices; or

c) dentists' offices 

First case in point:  The new buildings on either side of Grasch's. 

Second case in point: The proposed 97-foot tall building, Fountain Brook Crossing.  The lead tenant?  You guessed it... a dentist's office.  

I don't have anything against dentists.  I'm just saying...

But back to this Fountain Brook Crossing.  Back when the development was initially proposed, it was lauded as an architectural "gateway" for Brookfield; it still is.

Can anyone explain to me why Brookfield needs a "gateway"?  Seriously.  Is it the new "sexy" architectural term?

When I first started this blog in 2006, I wrote about a then proposed Brookfield "gateway" at the intersection of 124th and Capitol ("Toto, We're Not in Tosa Anymore"). 

I didn't get it then, and I still don't get it now.

(BTW - fellow Brookfield blogger, Kyle Prast has posted some detailed blogs on her site regarding Fountain Brook Crossing.