Category: Urban
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If your first married home is a residence hall, why not the 2nd one. We lived in Baker Hall in 1986-87 at Ohio State. It is a sprawling low building that is impossible to get a good photo of. I was on campus for a conference when I got this one (Columbus, Ohio, 2019)
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It was just 40 years ago today on a sunny Saturday afternoon that Kathleen and I were married here. St. Patrick’s was the first English speaking parish on the south side of Milwaukee. This building has been on the corner of 7th and Washington since 1893. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2023)
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This alley is the full package, murals, colorful lanterns, and next to a coffee shop. It’s the type of space that you would marvel at if you were a tourist. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2025)
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Along the same wall as yesterday there is another mural honoring labor, work, and workers. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2025)
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After coffee at at The Daily Bird be sure to go back in the alley to check out the murals. They are some of the best in Riverwest. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2025)
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I love it when I travel and I come across an alley full of murals and color. I stop, appreciate it, and perhaps take a photo. In this case this alley is about a mile from my home and I can walk over and appreciate it. After I walk over I can grab a cup…
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I’m a great fan of train travel and I use trains whenever I can. When I was in college it was the easiest and cheapest way for me to get back home. I was meeting someone for coffee in Tosa and the Empire Builder buzzed by me. I thought that it has been too long…
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Been away for a month. You would think it would have been travel–but you would be wrong. We moved and we have been working on the new place. A friend of mine noted that he has been in all but one of our homes. When we counted there were 14. This was the first, The…
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Lake Michigan is so dominant on the Milwaukee landscape that the rivers that run through the city are often overlooked. The Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers are being rehabbed for public use and the Riverwalk is particularly nice for walking and summer dining, (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2017)
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I love the High Line. It’s a great variation on the rails to trails concept but takes it further by developing the rail platform as a 1.5 mile linear park. I’ve walked it several times and some of my favorite photos of the city are along the line, (New York, New York, 2019)
