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State: Wisconsin
County: Waukesha
County Seat: Waukesha
Population: 389.891 - 3rd largest of Wisconsin's 72 counties
Area: 549.57 sq miles (1423.38 sq km) - 55th largest of Wisconsin's 72 counties
Density: 709.45 people per square mile (273.92 people per sq km) - 2nd most densely populated of Wisconsin's 72 counties
Waukesha County Population is 77.35% Urban / 22.65% Rural
Waukesha County Land Area is 44.41% Urban / 55.59% Rural
Cities:
Waukesha70,718
New Berlin39,584
Brookfield37,920
Menomonee Falls35,626
Muskego 24,135
Oconomowoc15,759
Pewaukee13,195
Sussex 10,518
Hartland 9,110
Pewaukee Village 8,166
Mukwonago 7,355
Delafield 7,085
Elm Grove 5,934
Okauchee Lake 4,422
Merton 3,346
Wales 2,549
Dousman 2,302
North Prairie 2,141
Eagle 1,950
Butler 1,841
Nashotah 1,395
Big Bend 1,290
Lannon 1,107
Oconomowoc Lake 595
Chenequa 590
Lac La Belle 290
Gold Finch splashing and dunking in a decorative pool outside a Madison, Wisconsin Walgreen's on a Saturday afternoon
Canon 550D with EF 24-70mm/f2.8L lens set at 34mm.
Composite of two images at 30 and 15 second exposures to take down some of the lights. ISO 100, f8. Liked the color, the geometry the reflections in the glass and the shadow of a tree on the wall.
Workshop participants try out a variation of GLBRC's Fermentation in a Bag activity.
Photo Credit: John Greenler, GLBRC. Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Straz Tower (East Hall)
Residence Hall of Marquette University
Formerly a YMCA, later aquired by Marquette University and dubbed East Hall. Underwent massive rennovaitons in 1999-2001 and renamed Straz Tower.
While Straz Tower is rather spacious and newly renovated, there are more reasons students choose to live there. The specialty housing option of Honors Program floors and the fantastic dining room are also features that draw people here. Also here is the Marquette Rec Plex workout facility, allowing students easy access to health and fitness equipment, including basketball courts and a swimming pool.
The first miles in Wisconsin concealed fresh green the view of the Mississippi River.
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Die ersten Kilometer in Wisconsin verdeckt frisches Grün den Blick auf den Mississippi Fluß.
saw it while we were paddling some backwaters of the wisconsin river near spring green. it swam across the river, and went to a bank where your average american guy was sitting fishing (like the kind of person you ask how the fishing is, and they say "shum shum shum babble babble BASS!"). i figured i would warn him and so i shouted 'hey!' and he didn't really even respond. anyway bob jumped out of the canoe (only like 2 feet deep or less where we were) and grabbed the snake as it got onshore. the dude then took a picture of it with his cell phone (of course) and some super-tanned woman ran down the bank and asked to hold it, which impressed me quite a bit since i didn't want it anywhere near me. only close enough to take a picture of. a pretty big snake. it tried to rattle its tail at us but it didn't really have a rattle. we read in the snake book that it uses leaves and other debris to make noise while it shakes its tail. about 4' long or so.
Democratic Rep. Fred Clark seeks to unseat Republican Sen. Luther Olsen in Wisconsin's 14th Senate District recall election.
Construction started on this house in 1854 using Virginia Tidewater design. John Rountree's relatives were from Virginia and he chose to use a southern architectural style. Most of the windows are ceiling to floor, 12.5 feet high. When a reception was held here for General Grant, the windows were swung open to admit the guests. The house has two living rooms separated by folding doors which can be opened to accommodate large groups. The plaster ceiling decorations consist of fruit designs around the light fixtures and in panels around the rest of the ceiling. It used to be the University of Wisconsin, Platteville Chancellor's house, but was sold and is now a private residence.
Displaying at USO Wisconsin's Recognition Night for Sponsors & Volunteers 2016.
Jackie with her awards!!! The 2016 John Lelinski Service Award (USO volunteer of the year award), President's Volunteer Service Award (500+ volunteer hours) and Volunteer of the Quarter Fall 2015. Yay!
February 11, 2016
Milwaukee County War Memorial Center
Milwaukee, WI
Built in phases between 1911 and 1959, this Prairie and Organic Modern-style house and office were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright to serve as his family residence and studio, with two fires leading to substantial reconstruction of the house in 1914 and 1925. The house, which is named “Taliesin”, Welsh for “Shining Brow” or “Radiant Brow”, referring to the hill upon which it is situated, is a long and rambling structure with multiple sections built at different times, with the building serving as a living laboratory for Wright’s organic design philosophy, as well as growing with Wright’s family, wealth, and business. The house sits on a hill surrounded by fields, but is notably located below the top of the hill, which Wright saw as being such a significant feature of the landscape that it should remain untouched by the house’s presence. The house’s westernmost wings served as the home of livestock and farm equipment, as well as a garage, later becoming housing for the Taliesin Fellowship, where aspiring architects apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright. The central wing served as the Frank Lloyd Wright studio, where Wright and his apprentices and employees worked on projects for clients, as well as where Wright often met with clients. The eastern wing served as the Wright family’s residence, and was rebuilt twice, in 1914 and 1925, after being destroyed by fire, and is overall the newest section of the complex, though some portions of the west and central wings were added after the main phase of construction of the residence was complete.
The house is clad in stucco with a wooden shingle hipped and gabled roof, with stone cladding at the base and on piers that often flank window openings, large casement windows, clerestory windows, outdoor terraces and balconies, stone chimneys, and glass french doors, all of which connect the interior of the building to the surrounding landscape. The interior of the buildings feature vaulted ceilings in common areas, stone floors, stone and plaster walls, decorative woodwork, custom-built furniture, and multiple decorative objects collected by Wright during his life. The exterior of the house has a few areas distinctive from the rest of the structure, with a cantilevered balcony extending off the east facade drawing the eye towards the surrounding landscape from the living room of the residence, next to a large set of glass doors that enclose the living room and adjacent bedroom from a shallower cantilevered terrace, while to the west of the residence, and south of the central wing, is a landscaped garden, which rests just below the crest of the hill.
The building was the full-time home of Wright from 1911 until 1937, when Wright began to spend his winters at Taliesin West in Phoenix, Arizona, due to the effects of the Wisconsin winters on his health. For the rest of Wright’s life, the house was the summer home of Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship, and following his death, the house was deeded to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which operated and maintained the house as a museum and the home of multiple programs until 1990. Since 1990, the house has been under the stewardship of the nonprofit Taliesin Preservation Inc., which operates the house in conjunction with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The building is a contributing structure in the Taliesin Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Taliesin was one of eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings listed as The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2019. Today, Taliesin is utilized as a museum, offering tours and interpretation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and work.