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Saturday and Sunday we went to Doors Open Milwaukee. I love seeing places we wouldn't normally be able to see in person, and seeing behind the scenes.
On Saturday we started at the new Northwestern Mutual Life tower. Thirty-second floor. It's got a great view.
Veterans Park in the foreground. The area of messed-up grass is where part of Harley Fest was. McKinley Marina is behind that.
The power plant on the horizon is in Port Washington, which is about 25 miles away.
Conference room with a view.
The art museum from the park that NML created at the base of their new tower.
From there, we walked down to the Two-Fifty building. They are converting their top floor to a new space. They've completed demolition but haven't started construction, so it's all open. There was nothing but glass on all four sides. It's not that high up, but there were some cool things to see from a new vantage point.
The Railway Exchange Building across the street.
Milwaukee got a new trolley line. It's in, but not open to the public yet. They had a car sitting on the street, so you could go inside. I didn't take any photos, but that's where Cyn's camera sensor broke.
Then we went into the historic Milwaukee Bank building. It wasn't very pretty, but I got a few shots out the windows.
From there we went down to the Public Service Building, which is the offices of WE Energies. It was originally the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. Built 1902-05, it has a lot of marble and brass in a neoclassical style.
Tiffany glass above a bronze memorial to employees lost in action in the World War.
Elevators in the lobby.
There was a large auditorium. It was redecorated at some point in an art deco style.
From there we walked all the way back to the far east end of downtown to the Barnett Gallery. Pretty building just stuffed with art. We went up to the roof to see the view.
Then we took a tour of the local PBS affiliate, channels 10 and 36. It was a comprehensive tour, and told us more than we wanted to know, and took longer than I expected, but I enjoyed it.
They have two soundstages with about six sets.
They had three of their mobile production trucks outside.
For the last site of the day, we saw the Sanger House & Gardens. A very old house that's been restored to mostly period style, and the large yard which was fully landscaped in shade garden. Very nice.
We went out again on Sunday for a while. Our first stop was St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church. It was amazing. Almost every square inch of the building was covered in mosaic. Most of the mosaic tiles were half-inch by three-quarters inch. The columns were marble, and the stained glass was beautiful. It was built in 1957. I spoke with a guy who said the mosaic took thirty years from start to finish. It would take about six months per section, and then they'd have to save up money to buy another section. It was created in Italy, and sent here in sections glued to oilskin.
The view from the choir loft.
The altar, behind the screens.
Seventy-six foot high dome in the center.
The screen of icons called the iconostas.
Since we were in the area, we stopped at Milwaukee Blacksmith.
Then St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church.
The interior wasn't mosaic like the other, but it was brightly painted.
On Saturday we started at the new Northwestern Mutual Life tower. Thirty-second floor. It's got a great view.
Veterans Park in the foreground. The area of messed-up grass is where part of Harley Fest was. McKinley Marina is behind that.
The power plant on the horizon is in Port Washington, which is about 25 miles away.
Conference room with a view.
The art museum from the park that NML created at the base of their new tower.
From there, we walked down to the Two-Fifty building. They are converting their top floor to a new space. They've completed demolition but haven't started construction, so it's all open. There was nothing but glass on all four sides. It's not that high up, but there were some cool things to see from a new vantage point.
The Railway Exchange Building across the street.
Milwaukee got a new trolley line. It's in, but not open to the public yet. They had a car sitting on the street, so you could go inside. I didn't take any photos, but that's where Cyn's camera sensor broke.
Then we went into the historic Milwaukee Bank building. It wasn't very pretty, but I got a few shots out the windows.
From there we went down to the Public Service Building, which is the offices of WE Energies. It was originally the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. Built 1902-05, it has a lot of marble and brass in a neoclassical style.
Tiffany glass above a bronze memorial to employees lost in action in the World War.
Elevators in the lobby.
There was a large auditorium. It was redecorated at some point in an art deco style.
From there we walked all the way back to the far east end of downtown to the Barnett Gallery. Pretty building just stuffed with art. We went up to the roof to see the view.
Then we took a tour of the local PBS affiliate, channels 10 and 36. It was a comprehensive tour, and told us more than we wanted to know, and took longer than I expected, but I enjoyed it.
They have two soundstages with about six sets.
They had three of their mobile production trucks outside.
For the last site of the day, we saw the Sanger House & Gardens. A very old house that's been restored to mostly period style, and the large yard which was fully landscaped in shade garden. Very nice.
We went out again on Sunday for a while. Our first stop was St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church. It was amazing. Almost every square inch of the building was covered in mosaic. Most of the mosaic tiles were half-inch by three-quarters inch. The columns were marble, and the stained glass was beautiful. It was built in 1957. I spoke with a guy who said the mosaic took thirty years from start to finish. It would take about six months per section, and then they'd have to save up money to buy another section. It was created in Italy, and sent here in sections glued to oilskin.
The view from the choir loft.
The altar, behind the screens.
Seventy-six foot high dome in the center.
The screen of icons called the iconostas.
Since we were in the area, we stopped at Milwaukee Blacksmith.
Then St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church.
The interior wasn't mosaic like the other, but it was brightly painted.
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