January 10, 2007
Milwaukee sidewalk imprints ::
photos — tagged flickr, milwaukee, photos and sidewalks
12:40 pm
2006
Originally uploaded by M.Theory.
A guy from Milwaukee has a Flickr set of all the different imprints on Milwaukee sidewalks. Whenever the city would install new sidwalks, they would place these imprints intermittenly. I’m not sure what the point of the imprints were, other than to serve a reminder of when the construction happened, something like stuffing current newspapers into the wall during home renovation projects.
In any event, growing up in Milwaukee, I remember seeing those imprints on the sidewalks in my neighborhood, and I remember them changing throughout the years. I especially recall them from the time we got all new sidewalks on our street. It’s nice to see how the designs evolve over the years.
October 6, 2006
Post Punk Rock Show, 1990 ::
photos — tagged 1990s, milwaukee, music, narrative, photos and the unicorn
8:20 pm
Post Punk Rock Show, 1990
Originally uploaded by Quicksand2005.
I don’t know anyone in this shot, but I do know where it was taken. It was the parking lot of the Unicorn, one of the coolest punk clubs in Milwaukee in the early 1990’s. As I mention in the photo’s comments, I grew up going to shows there.
What’s funny is that those shows seem like such a long time ago—it’s almost like I dreamed them. So it’s good to know there are other people out there who shared the experience, even if I don’t know them.
