Selections from a photo essay, premiering in the fall of 2009 at the Inova/Kenilworth Gallery in Milwauke.
THE AVENUE BEGINS.
North Avenue's beginning, along the public parkland of the Lake Michgan shoreline.
HANGING OUT ON THE FASHIONABLE EAST-SIDE.
As North heads west from Lake Michigan, the avenue is known for bars, stores and restaurants, in what is oten considered one of the city's more select neighborhoods.
THE ICONIC ORIENTAL THEARE.
The Saturday night pipe organ at the historic Oriental Theatre, known for showing independent and fine-art films.
MY AUNT DOROTHY.
The eastern edge of North Avenue is home to several homes for the elderly. Here, my Aunt Dorothy, then 96, in the courtyard of The Catholic Home.
RIVERWEST
Prince and friends near Reservoir Park in Riverwest, a transition neighborhood between the primarily white East Side and the primarily African-American neighborhoods to the west.
TIME-OUT
On time-out at St. Marcus Academy, a religious school with a primarily African-American student body.
GREATER GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH.
Women staffing the Saturday meal program at Greater Galilee Baptist Church, off Teutonia and North Aves.
HATS FOR A SUNNY DAY.
Selling Hats along North Avenue, just west of the Freeway.
FONDY'S MARKET.
A fresh produce market in Milwaukee's central city.
JOSEPHINE, 90.
Josephine, on her porch.
YOUNG BOYS
North Avenue, close to 30th Street.
SEVENTH GRADE, EXCEL ACADEMY.
One of the many schools along North Avenue, Excel Academy was part of the "voucher" program under which private schools received public tax dollars.
LAUNDRY DAY.
'HEY LADY, TAKE OUR PICTURE!'
Young womennear35th and North.
SERVING A WARRANT.
Just west of 35th Street, North Avenue.
HOMICIDE VIGIL.
A vigil in May 2009, shortly after a young man's murder. Friends console his grieving girlfriend.
HOMICIDE VIGIL
As is customary, friends and families build a shrine to the deceased.
NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE.
North Avenue, west of 40th Street.
JAKE'S: AS GOOD AS A DINER GETS.
Jake's — where the city of Milwaukee ends and the suburb of Wauwatosa begins.
MAYFAIR MALL.
Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa. A major shopping area for the region.
BROOKFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Young children during reading time.
MOWING THE LAWN.
As North Avenue heads west past Wauwatosa, the homes — and lawns — are larger.
CARRYING THE FLAG.
The July 4 parade in the city of Brookfield.
PANERA BREAD
In the city of Brookfield.
BROOKFIELD HOME.
THE END OF AN AVENUE.
North Avenue dead-ends in the exurban town of Pewaukee.
