The view from the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower was really stunning more so than the US Bank Building. I felt a bigger connection to the clock tower probably because on my route to school every day since freshman year I have past this clock and never really noticed how immensely huge the building is. Being able to go inside and up to the observation deck proved a real treat. I had no idea that the roof was a green roof and it was really cool to learn about that. The view was the most spectacular though I could see almost to Racine where I live while looking out of the south windows.
Pabst Mansion was probably the most inspiring place I went. Steph, Maddie, and I went to that one together and we were all profoundly effected by the history behind this amazing historical monument. We only got to tour the basement but we learned that each room had its own thermostat specifically to regulate each individual room. The most profound feature of this plot of land was for me the part that was sold. When you go to the mansion the front of it is spectacular and the interior (that we could see) was just as beautiful and intricate as the outside, but the back of the mansion was were I became affected. No farther than four feet away from the back of the mansion is a fence surrounding an ugly parking lot for the channel 12 news building. The chain link fence has barbed wire along the top and the parking lot was practically deserted when we were there. We learned about the carriage house that used to sit upon that land and the servant quarters as well. Pabst has the original terracotta shingles to the carriage house before it was torn down so if they could receive the land back they could restore the carriage house! I really wish they could get the land back, it would be a nice addition to preserving Milwaukee's history.
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