Shorewood is a unique and pedestrian-friendly urban village styled in the European tradition.  We are the first suburb north of the city of Milwaukee on the shores of Lake Michigan - bordered by Lake Michigan on the east, the Milwaukee River on the west, and the Village of Whitefish Bay to the north.  The village was originally incorporated in 1900 as the Village of East Milwaukee, making Shorewood the fourth oldest suburb in the Milwaukee area.  The name of the Village was changed to Shorewood in 1917.