[milwaukee-electric] Re: One More

[Ken and Tracie]

There is a story behind Paul's photo.
Paul told me he took this photo when he was a reporter for the Milwaukee 
Sentinel.

At the time of his photo, the trackless trolleys were no longer using the 
Michigan Street Bridge, except for bypassing traffic tie-ups. He happened to 
have the camera handy and when he saw the trolley buses using the bridge 
that day, he hung around to take the photo.

Incidentally, the friend who took the modern photo from the same vantage 
point took others I will share. And man, did he ever photo-document the old 
Waukesha Beach area....he even found the remains of a second fountain, 
buried in the woods, near the former junction.

I have a bunch of his stuff, taken recently along the MRK, MN, Watertown and 
Muskego Lakes rights of way. Some are already on the web site.

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Allan" <lallan45 at gmail.com>
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 5:17 PM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: One More


> It looks to me that both photos were taken from the location of the
> Clybourn St. Bridge.
>
> On 9/14/09, Ken and Tracie <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Yep. The Late Paul Weyrich got a kick out of that, too.
>>
>> K.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Larry Allan" <lallan45 at gmail.com>
>> To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
>> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 4:35 PM
>> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: One More
>>
>>
>>> Thanks Ken, I sure like the nowthen photos. Notice how the First
>>> Wisconsin sign in the right photo is all but gone.
>>>
>>> On 9/14/09, Don L. Leistikow <DLeistikow at webtv.net> wrote:
>>>> Ken;  Photos are of the Milwaukee River looking north at the Michigan
>>>> Street bridge (note the Trackless Troley westbound) and the Wisconsin
>>>> Avenue Bridge beyond.
>>>>
>>>> Note the original Pabst Building on the east bank of the River at
>>>> Wisconsin Avenue ... and the new, similar Building that replaced it
>>>> shown in the photo on the right.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The ornate columns on the extreme left, are on the Gimbel's Department
>>>> Store that ran the length of Plankinton Avenue on the River's westside.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don L.


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