Tag Archives: Milwaukee

The sky is bigger than it needs to be

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Partly sunny? Partly cloudy? Or . . . ?

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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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Meeting at Ma Fischer’s (finally!)

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Yesterday I met a group of old friends for lunch, something we’ve been doing about once a month for 25 years now! Actually we started out as a writing group, meeting in the basement of the old Shorewood Library. When … Continue reading →

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Interior Staircase

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

I continue to be fascinated with the construction of the Milwaukee Bucks’ arena. Every week seems to bring some new sign of progress. You can now see a flight of stairs leading upward from the ground floor.

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GOOD USED REFRIGRATORS [and] STOVES

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Taken from an upstairs window at the Repairers of the Breach center, Milwaukee’s only daytime homeless sanctuary, where I volunteer as chair of the Communications and Fund Development Committee. If you are ever looking for a very worthy cause to … Continue reading →

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First Buds! – Red Arrow Park

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Spring has arrived in downtown Milwaukee. On my coffee run at noon, I spotted one tree in bud around the perimeter of the Slice of Ice skating rink in Red Arrow Park. And a panoramic view of the entire rink … Continue reading →

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Milwaukee Bucks Arena – Becoming #2

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

About a week ago I posted a photo of the new Milwaukee Bucks arena that is under construction downtown. I drive past this site just about every day, and it really has been intriguing to watch it develop. Don’t know … Continue reading →

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Lines and Rings

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

A gloomy, rainy day in Milwaukee. But I’ll take it—way better than 10 inches of snow or below zero temperatures! Snapped this picture on my way from the CC to the Grohmann this morning (on MSOE’s campus downtown). Rain was … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Iconic Dinosaur

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

I wrote a post back in 2012 about this relic from a long-closed amusement park on Milwaukee’s northwest side. The dinosaur has been a familiar fixture on North 76th Street in Milwaukee for at least 40 years, and for the past five … Continue reading →

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When you forecast the weather in Wisconsin

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

Milwaukee’s Fox 6 meteorologist Rob Haswell walks the talk😄  

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