[Leica] IMG: Doors Open Milwaukee-Building Related Pix

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I always thought Milwaukee was a brewing city, the beer capital of USA. My
father worked there for a couple of years in the late 1940s for Allis
Chalmers.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote:

> Last Saturday I checked out three places during Doors Open Milwaukee - an
> event that features public access and/or tours of 150+ buildings around
> town. I went to the Railway Exchange and Wells buildings, and the Calvary
> cemetery chapel.
>
>
> Milwaukee used to be known as Cream City, but not for any dairy
> connection. The local, yellow-toned brick was used for virtually all brick
> buildings in Victorian times, so much so that the city got the nickname. It
> must have given an upbeat feeling in comparison to places with dark brick
> structures. By my time, all these buildings were almost black from soot, as
> seen in these two views of my high school about 60 years apart.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/SDHS/Ca1915_PCMR_EMKE_10AX9913A.jpg.html
> >
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/SDHS/19760621_MR_EMKE_7610_1A.jpg.html
> >
>
>
> Many have now been cleaned, as can be seen in the first picture of the 27
> in the album.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/DoorsOpen/
> >
>
>
> Almost all taken with Fuji X-E2, 35mm and 50mm Summicrons.
>
> All can be viewed large.
>
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>
>
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>
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