very gneiss indeed
Wisconsin Avenue 9
I decided to walk the length of Wisconsin Avenue (or see how far I could get) and see what I could see. Now, we've crossed the river and are in Westown.
I recently read Raymond Wiggers's book, Milwaukee in Stone and Clay, so I learned that on the front of this art deco style building is some fabulous gneiss, quarried in Morton Minnesota. Above that is limestone, and also bronze panels above and below the windows.
I must complain, though... the restoration of the building and the work to turn the movie theater into a concert hall, cost, what, a hundred fifty million dollars? The symphony has been performing there since 2021, and they still haven't cleaned the front of the damn building. Not even the windows!
very gneiss indeed
Wisconsin Avenue 9
I decided to walk the length of Wisconsin Avenue (or see how far I could get) and see what I could see. Now, we've crossed the river and are in Westown.
I recently read Raymond Wiggers's book, Milwaukee in Stone and Clay, so I learned that on the front of this art deco style building is some fabulous gneiss, quarried in Morton Minnesota. Above that is limestone, and also bronze panels above and below the windows.
I must complain, though... the restoration of the building and the work to turn the movie theater into a concert hall, cost, what, a hundred fifty million dollars? The symphony has been performing there since 2021, and they still haven't cleaned the front of the damn building. Not even the windows!