Milwaukee in Stone and Clay: A Guide to the Cream City's Architectural Geology (NIU Imprint of Cornell University Press)

The just-approved cover of my next book, which is scheduled for release in early (probably March or April) 2024. I'm both relieved and delighted to note that I am now done with the proofs and the indexing. Whew. Now off to the printer! I'll post an update when it's available.

This guide, the younger sibling of Chicago in Stone and Clay, continues the series with an in-depth look at the geologic origins and significance of building stone, terra-cotta, and brick—especially the famous Cream City Brick—adorning 129 sites in Milwaukee County.

Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein. Upper photo © f11photo / shutterstock.com; inset photos by me.

And speaking of the inset photos, they show three of Milwaukee's more frequently encountered building materials. From top to bottom:

- Wauwatosa Dolostone (Silurian);

- Cream City Brick (base clay from local Quaternary fluviatile, lacustrine, and glacial deposits); and

- Wausau Granite (Paleoproterozoic).

Taken in: United States / Wisconsin / Milwaukee / Milwaukee (show map)

Taken on: October 7, 2023

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Sets appears in: • My Books • Architectural Geology: Milwaukee more » • The Beauty of Building Materials • The Brownstone Chronicles • Cemetery Science • Concretology • Foundations & Substrates • Fuligology: The Science of Soot • Geobrickology • Geology of Fieldstone & Cobblestone Buildings • The Glory of Regional Silurian Dolostone • Metals in Architecture & Geology • Natural History: Wisconsin • Sacred Places and Spaces • Structural Geology • Terra-Cottalogy • Urban Exposures: La città esaminata « less

Groups appears in: • Wisconsin • STONE more » • Cream City:: Milwaukee, Wisconsin • Rocks and Geology • Geology Rockers • Bricks • Midwest • Granite • Stones and rocks • Rocks • Geology • Terra Cotta • Stone Work • Architecture | Nature • Architecture Photography • Building with Stone • Old Buildings & More..... • Rocks and Stones • Brickwork • Geologists • STONE & BRICK WALLS • USA - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • Architecture of Days Gone By • The World of Architecture • Stonemasonry • Geology for all • Geology/EarthScience • Structural Geology • Architectural Photography Group • Great Buildings • American Photography • Rocks-Fossils-Minerals • stones n rocks • WE LOVE BRICK • Old Stone Buildings • Wisconsin Downtowns • I Love Rocks! • Stone walls and foundations • Historic Wisconsin Buildings • Brick and stone works • Geology Flickrs • Historic Masonry • World Of Architecture • Brick Fanatics • Soft Rock Geology • Photography with a Story • Architecture Unlimited • We love Nature and Geology • AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER « less

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