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uwmspeccoll · 1 year

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414 Day

It’s 414 Day, or Milwaukee Day! We celebrate Milwaukee on April 14 because the area code for the Milwaukee area is, you guessed it, 414! This year for 414 day we are celebrating a few of the spectacular movie palaces in Milwaukee that still act as theatres in some capacity today.

First shown here is Downer Theatre, located at 2589 N. Downer Ave on Milwaukee’s East Side. The Downer Theatre is Milwaukee’s oldest operating movie theatre in Milwaukee. It opened in 1915 and has been a movie theatre ever since! It may have a tile front now and a different marquee, but at its heart it is still a fine old movie theatre.

The second theatre shown here is the inside of Riverside Theater, located at 116 W Wisconsin Ave, opened in 1928 as a live performance center, and was a first-run movie theatre in the 1950s. Today, it is once again a live music and performance venue with a capacity of 2,450 people.

The third theatre shown here is the crème de la crème: the Warner Grand Theatre, located at 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. This theatre was opened in 1931 in place of the opulent Butterfly Theatre that once stood in its location. The theatre cost $2.5 million to build and was considered the most beautiful in the city. It continued as a movie theatre until the mid-1990s when it closed. In 2017, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) purchased the theatre and renovated it back to its original glory. The theatre opened again in 2021 as the home of the MSO now called the Bradley Symphony Center, and it is gorgeous!

There are other movie palaces still in use in Milwaukee, too, like the famous Oriental Theatre on the East Side, which underwent its own renovation in recent years, and the Avalon Theater in Bay View, which offers an “atmospheric” experience with a starry sky lit in the ceiling in the main theatre.

All of the images in black and white are from Milwaukee Movie Palaces by Larry Widen and Judi Anderson, published in 1986 by Milwaukee County Historical Society.

These theatres are part of Milwaukee’s history as well as a part of their present! I highly recommend visiting any one of them for a movie or performance soon.

-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

#movie palaces #414 Day #Milwaukee Day #414 area code #Downer Theatre #Riverside Theater #Warner Grand Theatre #Oriental Theatre #Avalon Theater #Milwaukee #Milwaukee History #history #historical buildings #Alice

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killerchickadee · 5 months

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The building next to mine pays a company to plow their sidewalks. Ours does not.

For some reason said company plows halfway across our sidewalk? But not the rest. Which I get, I mean no freebies in capitalism. But it's still super annoying cause you'll have to slog through inches of snow for half the length of the building, and then bam, totally clear sidewalk.

They're also clearing the street in front of the building even though it's been plowed, which is sort of baffling and also annoying cause there'll be cumps of snow everywhere they didn't get to.

#idk what milwaukees sidewalk clearing laws are #but our building doesn't shovel shit #not even the front walkway #and then the entire front entrance has puddles everywhere cause everyone tracks in snow #so the tile vestibule is all slippery #good job

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archiveofaffinities · 2 years

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James Wines / SITE, Best Inside Outside Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1984

#art #design #architecture #James wines #SITE #Best Inside Outside Building #Milwaukee #Wisconsin

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thegreatsurvey · 6 months

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The Rotunda.

The Rotunda was a grand 'residence' just beyond the foothills that was largely ceremonial and, other than a few stays from the random traveling statesman, is occupied almost entirely by the custodial staff and caretakers. It spanned over thirty floors, not including the vast multi-story cellar, which featured every comfort and amenity one could likely imagine, along with ballrooms, suites, lounges, libraries and dressing rooms that one would expect in a wealthy retreat.

Though highly fashionable for its first hundred and twenty years of existence, The Rotunda is now viewed as a representation of the opulence currently disavowed by the latest generation of ruling families. It still features the occasional party and gathering, but it's use as a state symbol has been largely left behind.

#drawing #illustration #draw #fantasy #milwaukee #art #great survey #scifi #happening elsewhere #science fiction #architecture #black and white #moebius #world building

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bumblebeeappletree · 10 months

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Aside from a concrete garage and elevator shafts, Ascent Milwaukee is a 25 story-tall building constructed almost entirely from wood, making it the tallest mass timber building in the world. It might not hold this title for long though because wooden skyscrapers are rapidly growing in popularity due to a host of benefits including sustainability. But how are wooden skyscrapers possible? And isn’t it a little foolish to make a timber tower when a little thing called “fire” exists?

Watch the full interview with Jason Korb here:

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#Undecided with Matt Ferrell #solarpunk #milwaukee #USA #architecture #building #skyscraper #wooden skyscraper #sustainability #sustainable architecture #Youtube

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mkeblr · 1 year

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N Prospect Ave East Side

#north prospect ave #mke #Milwaukee #photography #buildings #mke east side #east side #submission

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musicequalslife · 1 year

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Froedtert Malt Corp. | West Milwaukee, WI

#Froedtert Malt Corp.#West Milwaukee #Milwaukee #Wisconsin #old buildings #architecture #photography

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workhorsegc · 2 months

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#Building Remodeling Contractor Milwaukee #Commercial Builders Milwaukee

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archinform · 6 months

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Weekend in Milwaukee

I celebrated my birthday weekend with a train trip to Milwaukee, a 90-minute trip from Chicago. I stayed at the Hilton City Center, and met a new friend who showed me around the city on Saturday.

It was a fascinating and relaxing weekend, with drinks, dinner, lots of walking, and a visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum on Sunday. Since it was also my first trip outside of Chicago since 2017, it was a welcome change of scenery. the weather turned cold and windy, but no matter, I braved the elements to explore a new city.

Here are some photos from my trip:

Boarding the train at Chicago Union Station

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Milwaukee Hilton City Center

Opened in 1928 as the Schroeder Hotel, the building was designed by the Chicago architecture form of Holabird and Roche, and retains many of its splendid original interiors.

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Plankinton Building, now the heart of The Avenue, a shopping/entertainment/entertainment complex about 3 blocks long.

Plankinton Building, atrium skylight

Milwaukee City Hall

Milwaukee has some great examples of Victorian architecture

Milwaukee Art Museum, a contemporary architectural landmark

Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum along Lake Michigan. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and completed in 2001, the pavilion’s signature characteristic is the Burke Brise Soleil, a moveable, wing-like sunscreen that rests on top of the glass-enclosed Windhover Hall. Its wingspan is similar to a Boeing 747.

Milwaukee Art Museum

Works in glass, Milwaukee Art Museum

Another art museum view

#architecture #buildings #milwaukee #Hilton #art museum #travel #travel photography #wisconsin

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customdecksmilwaukee · 7 months

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#deck installation #deck contractor Milwaukee #Deck building company Milwaukee WI #Affordable deck builder in Milwaukee

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bouncinghedgehog · 11 months

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County Courthouse

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#building Milwaukee #construction #public buildings

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unkstaarwysbr · 11 months

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Drafting Success: Unveiling the Building Blocks of NBA Powerhouses

In a TSDS 276, TraB and El Uno delve into the concept of constructing “super teams through the draft” in the NBA. Through meticulous analysis, they explore various teams and their triumphant journeys in building championship-contending rosters through the draft. Foremost among these successes stands the Miami Heat, the only team to have clinched a championship with their iconic super team,…

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killerchickadee · 1 year

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I applied for the museum job so pleaaaaaaaaase wish me luck.

It's still retail, BUT AT A MUSEUM

#....if i get a call i should probably visit said museum before the interview #so they're not like oh what do you love about the museum?#and I'm like oh the streets of old milwaukee which i only know about cause the fact that you're not moving the exhibit to your new building #is controversial

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dlyarchitecture · 1 year

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#Mackie Building #Milwaukee

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thegreatsurvey · 1 year

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The Grand Deck.

A recent trend that has taken developing areas of the capitol by storm is the grand deck, the bigger, the more prestigious. Intended to host parties, political ceremonies, community events and more, many simply represent the size of the owners wallet, seldom being used to their full potential. One of the most popular uses of grand decks are hosting public days where members of the public can pay to be part of a lottery, eventually choosing a certain number to gain access to the decks. Since the vast majority of buildings in the area are private, access is largely restricted to private events requiring a certain status, and these occasional lotteries.

#deck #balcony #square #public square #tower #scifi #fantasy #art #drawing #illustration #linework #blackandwhite #building #grand deck #great survery #happening elsewhere #fleming #milwaukee

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dduane · 27 days

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Hi Diane!

I promise this will end in an ask, but I have a story to share first, if you have the time.

I’m very new to Tumblr, in fact, I was moved to finally create an account to send you this message, but I’ve been casually poking around for a bit. A quick google last summer told me that Tumblr is the best place to get Good Omens news from Neil himself, but it didn’t do the courtesy of warning me just how magnetic this particular bastion of chaotic creative internet mayhem can be. This story is one example. Fun note, when I was composing this message my husband looked over my shoulder at the literal essay I’d typed out and suggested that I maybe, perhaps, might consider shortening it to the length of a conversation that could take place in an elevator. Or in line at the coffee shop. However, i’m not one sacrifice enormity for brevity.

Your post the other day regarding the cover for your novel, Stealing the Elf King’s Roses, got me thinking. First, that it was a very genuine thing to share, second, that I wasn’t entirely sure why I wasn’t immediately familiar with your work, and third, what a fun visual challenge. I was still thinking about it when I should have been sleeping, so I decided to dig in. I almost stopped reading your bio at the ‘blah blah blah’ because I was feeling quite bad about my media literacy at that point, but then I saw that you’re well-known for the Young Wizard series.

The Young Wizard series.

I said I’d try to keep it brief and this is my best attempt. I read books 1-5 of that series during the hardest, strangest, most heartbreaking time in my childhood when I desperately needed a different reality than my own. What I found in your novels was so much better than that. Your stories, your characters, your vision, helped teach me to ground myself in my strengths, frame my reality with hope and purpose, and how to build the spaces I needed within myself to find the compassion, forgiveness, joy and peace I so desperately needed. One of the things I built within myself on my healing journey was a beautiful jeweled box. It resides in my mind just off of I-335 in Topeka, Kansas. I was driving through the flint hills on a road trip from Milwaukee to Wichita when I finally finished the long process of constructing it, so that is where it stays, shining in the sun and twinkling under the stars. This box contains everything I experienced that couldn’t come with me as I grew. Crafting it was a lengthy, emotional, wrenching process, and it’s the best thing I’ve ever done to allow me to become the person I am today. I used visit it every now and again, to make sure the jewels are still bright, but I’m very careful to not jostle the lid.

I’m recounting all of this to you because two nights ago I quite suddenly found myself standing beside my box for the first time in almost a decade. I could feel the gravel under my slipper socks as I gently opened the lid to see my copies of your books resting at the very top. I wasn’t immediately familiar with your work when I saw your name because it is so inextricable from the very fabric of how healed myself, that I accidentally let your words fall under the closed lid of the very box they helped enable me to make. Nothing else clamored to be released as I carefully pulled them out, and once more closed the lid.

So, the ask. I will be brief here - I’m an artist. Not currently working professionally as I’m exploring a different career path, but I’m usually working on a personal project or two. I needed a new one and was still intrigued by the post that started this all, so to help me process the emotions described above I made a version of a cover for STEKR and wanted to ask if I could share it with you. It looks like I can’t attach here, but I’d love to post it on my new, very empty page. It truly might not be your style, but I once again found solace in a space you opened the door to and this time I have the opportunity to share it!

Also, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

You're so very welcome! And I'm really glad the books were there for you when you needed them. (And plainly are there with you still.) 😊

And absolutely, post that cover! I'll be delighted to see it.

#Stealing the Elf-King's Roses

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