Category Archives: Milwaukee

Weeds on a Milwaukee sidewalk

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Gray morning in Milwaukee, but these weeds in the 1900 block of West Vliet caught my eye as I was driving past, so I had to stop and get out in the drizzling rain to take a picture. Maybe I … Continue reading →

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A tour of public sculpture along Milwaukee’s Riverwalk and Wisconsin Avenue

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

A photo of my colleague, Margaret Dwyer, and me with “The Bronze Fonz,” taken during last Saturday’s walking tour of public sculptures along the Milwaukee Riverwalk and Wisconsin Avenue. We led a group of MSOE students on the two-hour walk … Continue reading →

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Fiserv Forum roofline, south side, late afternoon

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

So many photos of this building are just waiting to be taken. There’s one image I’d like to capture along the north side looking west, but I don’t think my equipment is good enough to get it 😦

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On the breezy shores of Lake Market Street 😄

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

I didn’t think we’d had all that much rain last night, but I’ve also never seen a puddle this large outside my parking garage, so I guess we must have. And you can tell from the high-water mark that the … Continue reading →

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Bicycle with Shadow Sharrow

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Today I learned the official name for a certain ubiquitous graphic painted on the bike lanes of city streets: “sharrow.” A “sharrow”— in case you also didn’t know what to call this thing you’ve surely seen many times—is the “signage” … Continue reading →

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A nice midweek break

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Last night after work I met my friend, Karen, for dinner on the East Side (which is how we Milwaukeeans refer to the area bounded by the lake on the east, the river on the west, Capitol Drive on the … Continue reading →

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Do you recognize this font?

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Driving home from work yesterday, I got stopped at the traffic light at Sixth and Juneau. Looked to my left and immediately started puzzling over the font above the Johnson Controls Entrance. Anyone know what it is?

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Visiting Sim – Part One

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

This past Saturday I went to a lecture/tour at the Milwaukee Public Library marking 90 years since Simba the lion came to live at the Milwaukee Public Museum, which then shared half of the building with the Central Library downtown. … Continue reading →

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Snowy birch at night

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Took this picture after yesterday’s snow finally ended, shortly before turning in. Any photos I take at night with my phone are usually greenish and hard to make out. This one looked really striking though, and practically black and white … Continue reading →

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Springtime in Milwaukee

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

I actually DID see some daffodils yesterday. But today looks like this. At least it’s mid-April, so no one is stressed about getting it all shoveled before the polar winds sweep  down from northern Canada bringing -20 degree temperatures and … Continue reading →

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