Category Archives: Milwaukee

Abstraction: Office Building Foyer

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Just really liked the various lines and colors. The “whole” isn’t so interesting, but a closeup in isolation is kind of fun. For comparison, here’s the bigger picture of the building’s entrance, taken from farther away.

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A Quiet Nook

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Our MSOE library has a section that’s built out at a diagonal to the rest of the building. Imagine a square inserted over and through one corner of a rectangle, and you would pretty much have a blueprint of the … Continue reading →

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The Invention of Morel

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Our MSOE (Milwaukee School of Engineering) Faculty and Staff Book Club met Monday night to discuss this short but fascinating novel. But first a “prologue,” complete with photo. We meet at a place called The Explorium Brewpub, which is located … Continue reading →

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The surprising way those beach plane banners get airborne | GBH

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

It’s that time of year again in Milwaukee when small airplanes towing long banners begin to fly around (and around and around😀) the lakefront, the baseball stadium, and in a few months the State Fair Park. All of a sudden … Continue reading →

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Lovebirds over Milwaukee Street

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Awww, so sweet❤️ Students in my Digital Society class had just finished their presentations, and I was putting the room back into good repair before leaving myself, performing all the usual courtesies like turning off the projector, pushing errant chairs … Continue reading →

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Parking garage staircase

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Two photos from my week. I had to pick up some prescriptions one day and parked in the two-story structure next to the clinic. As I was driving out again along the back wall, I noticed the sun shining down … Continue reading →

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“The Bridge” at MSOE

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a photo from my week. Every Milwaukee School of Engineering graduate since the 1970s will immediately recognize this as the skywalk between the Walter Schroeder Library and the Science Building (officially the Allen-Bradley Hall of Science and Fred Loock … Continue reading →

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Urban river canyon, with cascades (😀)

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Not really, of course, but when I found this photo lurking in my camera roll (I snapped it one sunny afternoon last fall while taking the long way back to my office from the Science Building at MSOE in downtown … Continue reading →

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Authoritarianism and Engineering?

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Well, I learned something new today while teaching my political science course. I was walking students through my recommended process for getting started doing research on political issues, and at this point we were comparing basic Google search results with … Continue reading →

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#WordlessWednesday – Intersection

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

A photo snapped from my car window on an overcast afternoon while stopped for a red light at the intersection of Hwy 100 and West Burleigh (pronounced “BURR-lye” for any non-Milwaukeeans out there) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Well, this post was … Continue reading →

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