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This shot was taken in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was about 18 degrees outside so I would run back to the warmth of the car every 10 minutes or so so thaw out, usually drive to another spot and repeat.
October 15, 2011, UW Madison Homecoming. Early in the game on a sunny, October day. The Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Indiana Hoosiers by a score of 59-7.
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.
Last Thursday, I took the LOOONG way to the grocery store. I was out and about with the camera for a couple of hours before heading up Hwy 60 to the Piggly Wiggly in Sauk City.
Built in 1907, this Dutch Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts-style house was designed by Frost and Granger for Dr. Reginald Jackson and his wife, Elizabeth Jackson. The house features a fieldstone base with wooden shingle cladding on the upper portion, a front and side gambrel roof, one-over-one double-hung windows with leaded glass upper lights, shed dormers on the sides of the gambrel roof, bracketed eaves, a stone chimney, large wooden heavy timber brackets and a semi-circular one-story bay window below the cantilevered front gambrel, a side sunroom with an arched entry door flanked by sidelights, and an uncovered front terrace surrounded by fieldstone half-height walls. The house is a contributing structure in the Mansion Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Jim Sinclair ( BC Federation of Labour) Judy Darcy (Hospital Employees' Union), Betsy Kippers (Wisconsin Education Association Council) and Marc Norberg (Sheet Metal Workers' International Assoc.) outside Bank of Montreal annual shareholders meetings. The BC and Wisconsin labour leaders raised the issue of union busting and obscene executive compensation at M&I bank which was taken over by BMO last year.
This well-maintained barn is a rare site--most barns in our countryside have fallen into disrepair as the farms that once cradled them get sold for development or swallowed by larger tracts of commodity crops.
These images were made during a journey down Rustic Road 60 in Vilas County on June 20, 2017.
R-60 winds through the Northern Highland/American Legion State Forest, with canopies of coniferous and hardwood trees. R-60 passes near old logging camp sites and hiking trails, and offers vistas of numerous, clear Northwoods lakes and dense forestland.
Wisconsin's Rustic Roads system was created to preserve many of the state's scenic, lightly traveled country roads. Features of Rustic Roads include rugged terrain, native vegetation and wildlife, or open areas with agricultural vistas.
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