Posted February 3, 200718 yr My studio took a field trip to Milwaukee on Jan. 31st to check out our site. We're developing a Limnology Institute along the Menomonee River in downtown Milwaukee. Our studio site is the actual home to the under construction, Harley Davidson Museum. Anyways, I think it'd be in Cleveland's best interest to land one of the first true Limnology Institute. The objective of this studio is based on a combo of architecture and landscape architecture. We're trying to create a space (large 25 acre space that's mostly landscape) where visitors and the resident scientists can experience the processes involved in limnology. Basically, it's a very large and unprecedented indoor/outdoor fresh water/Great Lakes laboratory. Our prof is a well-respected landscape architect from MPLS and like I mentioned a few weeks ago, we're going to the Netherlands to look at some similar case-studies. Anyways, here are some pics from a VERY COLD day along the north shore of Lake Michigan. It was my first time in that city and I have to say, it's pretty cute (but nothing compares to the motherland! Vive la Cleveland!) Some things such as the Milwaukee River through downtown remind me of dt Chicago and its river. The quality of light in Calatrava's addition is amazing when you're there in the middle of winter. Everything is really crisp. Hope I made sense... Anyways, enjoy!
February 4, 200718 yr Great shots! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 4, 200718 yr I've always wanted to go to Milwuakee...I've heard it's a mini Chicago of sorts.
February 4, 200718 yr I've always wanted to go to Milwuakee...I've heard it's a mini Chicago of sorts. You incorrectly informed. Please don't go there thinging that or you will be setting yourself up for disappointment.
February 5, 200718 yr Well there are some obvious similarities...lake Michigan, river through the downtown, less than 2 hours apart, etc. I know they're not different scale replicas of each other, but I'm inclined to believe my information as it was said by a Milwaukean.
February 5, 200718 yr Well there are some obvious similarities...lake Michigan, river through the downtown, less than 2 hours apart, etc. I know they're not different scale replicas of each other, but I'm inclined to believe my information as it was said by a Milwaukean. In the area where Wisconsin Avenue crosses the river, I definitely felt something that made me think of Chicago. I've heard others express the same thing. Go when you get a chance; Milwaukee is easy to like, and there's a lot of interesting stuff to see in a walkable distance.
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