Tag Archives: Downtown Milwaukee

New Milwaukee Bucks arena changes color as light shifts

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Street construction on my usual route to work has me driving past the new Milwaukee Bucks arena from different directions and at different times of day than usual. These literal shifts in perspective have led me to discover something kind … Continue reading →

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The “Kicker”

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

I couldn’t think of a good title for this post (“Cement and Metal”???) until I circled back to the one detail that had caught my eye in the first place and made this a photo worth snapping. Because I’m teaching … Continue reading →

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Man at Work (front entrance on a rainy day)

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Came across this photo of the Grohmann Museum’s entrance (taken from just inside the front door on a rainy day) as I was going through my phone to find good pictures for a slideshow I’m putting together of the new … Continue reading →

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Yes, every minute matters!

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Made a Starbucks run during a two-hour break in between meetings and dinner with a job candidate last Thursday. Stopped on the way back to take the first photo when I noticed the striking shadows cast against the lower level … Continue reading →

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Mozee After Dark

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

The Milwaukee School of Engineering logo, created by Brooks Stevens (the industrial designer famous for the Jeep Wagoneer and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, among other things), as reflected in the windows of the old German-English Academy Building last night when … Continue reading →

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Red Light, Green Light

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

As reflected in the second-floor window of the MSOE Campus Center across the street from my office around 5:45 last night 😄

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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

My first reaction upon seeing the flag at half mast in Milwaukee’s Red Arrow Park this morning was: “Oh no! What happened?” Then about two seconds later I remembered. Today is December 7th. The clip below of the USS Arizona … Continue reading →

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A different view of the new Milwaukee Bucks Arena

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

I spotted the new Milwaukee Bucks Arena on the way to Starbucks for coffee this morning. Do you see it? Do you now? For comparison, here is a photo I took of the arena under construction back in July: As … Continue reading →

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Tree Climbing

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a shadow that caught my eye around noon today. I like how the tree seems to be growing out of the doorway and spreading up the wall. I’ve seen whimsical fairy/gnome doorways in trees before . . . But this … Continue reading →

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Milwaukee Bucks Arena, June 2017

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

The new Milwaukee Bucks arena and the training/sports-medicine facility just kitty-corner (Milwaukee-speak for “catercorner”) across the street are coming along. I took these photos late Friday afternoon, when all the construction workers had knocked off for the day/weekend. Usually each … Continue reading →

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