The July 2024 issue of MKE Lifestyle magazine is out, and it contains a “Fifteen Minutes With Ray Wiggers” interview on the subject of my newly released book, Milwaukee in Stone and Clay, and its subject matter.
The digital version of the issue may be found here. The interview starts on page 18. Also, take a look at the rest of this and other issues posted online. There are a lot of fascinating photo spreads and articles on the Cream City’s cultural and historical aspects, as well as quite a few features on Milwaukee’s natural setting and environmental-education resources.
My thanks go to MKE Lifestyle for taking an interest in MSC and the concept of architectural geology.
That said, as all persons in the world of words and printing know, errors can creep into an article with amazing ease. In this case, the caption of one interview-spread photo incorrectly identifies the red, Jacobsville-Sandstone-clad edifice shown as the Loyalty Building. Actually, it’s the Button Block, as is unequivocally stated in MSC. The caption also states that City Hall is made of both St. Louis Brick and Philadelphia Brick. Only the first of these is present, so far as I know. Please note that I am not responsible for these errors.
In book publishing, the author generally does the captions. But in popular-press periodicals, it’s usually a magazine staffer and not the person interviewed who writes them. And there’s usually no understanding that caption facts should be checked with the interviewee. Such was the case here.
But rest assured that the correct information is given in MSC itself. And a correction supposedly will be issued in the August issue of MKE Lifestyle.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the interview, which contains much more information that is, to the best of my knowledge, completely correct. And don’t forget to check out my page specifically dedicated to MSC. In my newly added “Item 4” section of that page, I go into the corrections in a little greater detail, and also discuss what I consider to be the most important section of the interview, which was, to my very great regret, edited out of the magazine section. Take a look!