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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Grohmann Museum – Twilight, November Drizzle
Photo of a streetlight shining through raindrops on the glass canopy over the entrance to the Grohmann Museum, taken as I left work late this afternoon.
Posted in architecture, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, Grohmann Museum, raindrops, twilight
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The Kindness of Strangers: Lost and Found
Some kind soul found this necklace and placed it in a spot where its owner might be more likely to find it. When my daughter lost her favorite stuffed animal in the grocery store years ago, someone did the same … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee
Tagged kindness, kindness of strangers, lost and found, necklace
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Carved in Stone . . .
. . . is no guarantee of permanence, as you can see. The carpenters’ union apparently found another home, and their building eventually became a place of support for a new group of people.
Posted in History, Life, Milwaukee
Tagged Milwaukee, repurposed building, urban repurposing
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Calatrava Interior, Late Afternoon on a Sunny Day
Early September at the Milwaukee Art Museum with the brise soleil unfurled.
Posted in architecture, Art, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Brise soleil, Calatrava, Milwaukee Art Museum
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Dontre Hamilton: “Rest in Power”
In making the wide circuit back to my office after running an errand on the other side of campus, I decided to swing through Red Arrow Park to pick up a sandwich for lunch at Starbucks. And this is what … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Milwaukee, News
Tagged Dontre Hamilton, Downtown Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Red Arrow Park, Red Arrow shooting, unofficial memorial
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Light Ricochet
It seems the busier I get in my real life, the more difficult it becomes to produce text-heavy blog posts. Language is my living, and I appear to be using up all my vocabulary at work. Words elude me when I’m … Continue reading
Rimmed by Light
Taken with my iPhone this morning on my way to work. Very grainy, I know (there’s only so “close-up” you can get with a phone!), but I loved the sharp rims of white sunlight along the eastern edge of City Hall’s … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, edge light, Milwaukee, Milwaukee's City Hall, morning sunlight, rim light
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