I had read about the Clock Shadow Building a few times back when it opened for the first time, and was really excited to check it out. The visit started with the purchase of some Purple Door ice cream (already off to a good start). After downing some salted caramel goodness, the tour/visit of the rest of the building started. One of the guides explained that the building is meant to be a center of healing in the community as all of the tenants provide some sort of healing related resource. The building was built with a number of recycled materials, and also has an elevator that provides its own power, which is great. The rooftop garden is a great resource and also provides some awesome views of the city and especially the Walker's Point neighborhood. Overall, I was really impressed with the Clock Shadow Building. The architecture looks great, it's made with recycled materials, and it provides a lot of great resources for the community. The building reminds of the idea in the experimental geography reading about how we shape our environment, and as a result, the environment shapes us.
Location 2 - Allen Bradley Clock Tower
I also checked out the Allen Bradley Clock Tower. The neighborhood in Milwaukee that I've been most interested lately is Walker's Point, so I thought it would be cool to check out a landmark in the neighborhood. There wasn't a tour of the building, but visitors could go up to the observation room (the black stripe of windows above the clock). The room provided awesome views of the city, and of Walker's Point in more detail. You can see the Clock Shadow Building in the first image (it's the wood exterior with the checkerboard pattern of black windows on the left side). The experience reminded me of the the reading about the panopticon. Every time I see the clock tower, I always have to look up, and never knew there was an observation room above the clock. It was interesting to change my perspective.
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