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Craig Leipold's House
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The former owner of the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League, and the current majority owner of the Minnesota Wild, lives here.

Samuel Curtis Johnson III House
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The billionaire executive whose family has run SC Johnson for five generations lives here. Curt Johnson, 55, is the former chairman of Sturtevant-based Diversey Inc., a cleaning-products company that was spun off from SC Johnson in the late 1990s. Privately held SC Johnson makes household products including Pledge, Glade, Windex and Ziploc.

Racine Police Dept. Impound Lot
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Get into trouble with the police in Racine, WI. and you'll find your car towed and stored here. The building on the property is also used to store vehicles that were used in major crimes.

H. Fisk Johnson's House
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Johnson is the billionaire CEO of family-owned S. C. Johnson, a global manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals. He currently ranks 166th on the Forbes 400 list, with an estimated net worth of $3.0 billion.

CNH Manufacturing Plant - Racine
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The merger of Case IH and New Holland resulted in CNH. Tractor Manufacturing Plant

Vulcan Materials Quarry
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This rock quarry is located in Racine, WI and actually has a tunnel on the west face of the quarry that leads underneath the State Hwy32 there under another quarry that filled with water and comes out into another section or rock quarry. If you take a close look you can see the tunnel. Its quite complex.

Quarry Lake Park
Quarry Lake is a great destination for scuba divers and swimmers looking for spring fed water. Sunbathers will love the expansive multi-level terraced beach. Once a limestone quarry, this park has been transformed into one of the best outdoor swimming and beach facilities in the area. As the name suggests, limestone rock was mined from the site years ago until flooding, and some of the equipment used in the mining operation was left behind. The park also offers picnic areas with grills, a large air-conditioned beach house with changing rooms, lockers, concessions, lavatories and showers. Scuba divers must be certified and pay a registration fee to enter and explore the depths of the Quarry Lake. A daily entrance fee ($1) is charged during the swimming season. Lifeguards are on duty daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

High Riders Motorcycle Club
This is the High Riders motorcycle clubhouse located in uptown Racine, WI.

William Perez' house (former)
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The former CEO of Nike and current CEO of the Wrigley Jr. Company, the world's largest chewing-gum manufacturer own this house.

Horlick Field
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Off-campus home field of William Horlick High's football and baseball teams. Opening prior to 1922, this site first featured just a baseball diamond and then later in the century the property was reconfigured for two sports by repositioning the baseball field and adding the 8,500 seat football stadium (which is also the home field of the Racine Raiders of the North American Football League.) Before reconfiguration, from 1943-1950 Horlick Field was the home of the Racine Belles of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League which was immortalized in the 1992 Tom Hanks movie A League of Their Own.

Johnson Wax Headquarters
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The world headquarters and administration building of the SC Johnson Wax Company in Racine, Wisconsin was designed by American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, for the company's president, Herbert F. "Hib" Johnson.

NASA C-130 (N427NA (cn 4901)) at John H Batten Field
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Racine Zoo
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Racine Water Tower
One of a few water towers located in Racine, WI.

Dr. Laurel Clark Memorial Fountain
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This fountain is in memory of Dr. Laurel Salton Clark who was from Racine Wisconsin. She was a mission specialist on the space shuttle Columbia when it broke apart on re-entry.

Kids Cove Playground
In the Spring of 2002, it was decided Sustanable Racine would tackle something larger and investigate construction of a playground somewhere in Racine, using the "Community Built" methods developed by Leathers & Assoc. of Ithaca, NY (Similar to a playground built 2 years prior in a town park near Frankville, WI). In the Fall of 2002, this community group was joined by a Leadership Racine team of six which also had a goal of improving kid's recreational facilities in the City. By early 2003, the "playground people" had swelled to over 3 dozen and, after a year of planning, adoped a new name: The North Beach Playground Group".
The playground design and features were selected based on ideas offered by 4th & 5th graders from Janes and Red Apple Schools, the grade schools nearest the selected site. The playground name was chosen via a naming contest run through all Racine Unified grade schools. The 20,000 sq. ft. playground itself was constructed over 7 days, beginning on Oct. 20, 2003, involving over 2,000 volunteers, with guidance from three Leathers's personnel. The pavilion, brick walkways and 800 ft. board walk winding its way North were done over another 7 days the following Spring. Total cash donations (individual, corp., foundation) to support these efforts amounted to about $310,00, with an additional $100,000 in estimated community contribution in the form of donated materials and services.
On completion, the playground was donated to the City Of Racine.
Kids Cove is maintained by a "Friends of the Playground" group in conjunction with the Racine Parks Dept. Money is set aside to help fund special maintenance activities, as well as cover feature repair/replacement costs, hopefully to span the entire 20 years projected life of the playground. While the City of Racine acquired a well-equipped, handicapped accessible playground through this effort, at least half the reward (and most of the fun) was in the 'barn-raising ' spirit developed among the volunteer builders.

West Lawn Memorial Park

Golden Rondelle Theater
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This theater was created for the S.C. Johnson & Son exhibit at the New York World's Fair in 1964-65, during which it showed the award winning film "To Be Alive!"
After the Fair ended, the theater was brought to S.C. Johnson's headquarters in Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to create a new structure for the theater at the SCJ complex. It reopened to the public in July 1967.
Today, the theater is used for corporate conferences and community organizations. Every Friday, films are shown here as part of a guided architectural tour of the SCJ complex.

Old Massey Furguson Water Tower
This is all that was left of the old Massey Furguson manufacturing plant in Racine, WI

The Dr. Laurel Blair Salton Clark Memorial Fountain
The memorial, located Downtown in Downtown Racine, WI on Sam Johnson Parkway, honors local fallen astronaut Navy Capt. Laurel Salton Clark. She died in the Feb. 1, 2003, in the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion.

Grumman OV-1 Mohawk
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Retired in 1996, the Mohawk was flown by the Army as a target locater and battlefield mapper.

John H. Batten Airport
Racine Wisconsin’s John H. Batten Airport is located on over 450 acres of land and provides services to corporate, business and private aircraft twenty-four hours a day, seven days each week. The general-aviation terminal is complete with pilot and passenger lounges, a flight planning facility equipped with computerized weather data and a conference room with audio/video services available to customers while at the airport. Batten International Airport is the largest privately-owned, public-use, reliever airport in the United States.

Regency Mall Shopping Center

Thomas P. Hardy House
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This Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie school home was built in 1905. It sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1974.
In September 2012, it was sold to Gene Szymczak, the president of Educators Credit Union. Soon after purchasing the house, he is having it restored.

Wienermobile crash site
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After making a wrong turn the wienermobile was trying to make a u turn at the end of this road. Accidentally hitting the gas instead of the brake sent the wienermobile into this home.

Mound Cemetery
This cemetery has old Indian burial mounds .... thus the name Mound Cemetery.

Racine Harbor Lighthouse
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Racine Youthful Correctional Facility
The mission of the Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility is the care and custody of male offenders, ages 15 through 24 who have been committed through the adult courts to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

Racine, WI Harbor

Monument Square
Monument Square is the center of activities in Racine. It was originally called Haymarket Square. The name was changed to Monument Square with the dedication of the 61 foot high Civil War Soldiers Memorial in 1884. Monument Square hosts many activities such as: Music at the Monument, Friday lunchtime outdoor concerts; Summer Nights at the Square Saturday evening concerts; and Micros on the Monument. Monument Square is also the focalpoint of all downtown events including: Party on the Pavement, First Fridays and Winterfest. In addition to the Civil War Soldiers Memorial, Monument Square also has monuments to the escaped slave Joshua Glover and Old Abe, the Case Eagle.

Great Northern Corporation
Large manufacturer of cardboard boxes and displays for other companies. Privately held, Great Northern Corporation is one of the nation’s largest independent producers of corrugated packaging. We produce over 1 billion square feet of combined corrugated board annually, and we have, over the years, evolved from box makers into packaging, shipping, merchandising and distribution experts.

Janes Elementary School
Janes, located on the north side of Racine, WI in the older downtown lakefront and historic and industrial center of Racine. Janes was the first school in Wisconsin to offer year-round education. Students attend school for 60 days and then have vacation for 20 days. Janes offers a bilingual program for K-grade 5, and its PreK to Grade 5 program is a unique approach to addressing educational needs of economically disadvantaged elementary students.

Radisson Inn Harbourwalk
Chain hotel located right on the marina.

Racine County Jail
Local jail run by the Racine County Sheriffs Dept.

North Beach Oasis
Concession area where you can buy pizza, popcorn, beer, soda, and other goodies. Restrooms and showers there also. Lots of vollyball sandcourts available.

Festival Park
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Includes a children's play area, ice-skating rink in the winter, observation deck, scenic walkways and the enclosed Festival Hall, site for expositions, shows, festivals and other community events.

Keland House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Racine County Courthouse

USA flag
Painted in November 2001

O & H Bakery - Kringle Production Plant
Since 1949 the Olesen Family has been faithfully committed to baking quality Kringle and other Danish pastries. This building located in the Rapids Business Center is where their kringles are produced. The dough is made on site, prepped, fillings added, conveyor machine closes the kringles, then the kringles are shaped by hand, baked, then they get the final icing and other toppings, then onto the packaging department.

US Flag on Rooftop
This flag is located on the rooftop of the DP Wigley Co building in Downtown Racine. Ive seen this in person and it appears to be either painted shingles or was specially made and laid down. It was hard to tell.

Milaegers Greenhouses & Retail Store - North
They have 2 locations and and online business where the sell all types of plants, gifts, pretty much anything you need to decorate a home or yard for the holidays.

Root River Steelhead Facility
The facility was built in 1992-93 to help the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources more effectively manage Lake Michigan's trout and salmon fishery.

Memorial Hall
Memorial Hall, situated on the highest point on the city’s lake bank above Lake Michigan, was designed by a well-known, successful Midwestern architect, Howard Van Doren Shaw (1869-1926). Neoclassical in style, the Hall’s construction materials include Indiana limestone and brick. The roof is covered with copper.
The main facade faces south and features a two-story raised portico in front of the end gable of the main roof. The portico cornice is supported by four Corinthian columns. Centered above the cornice, in full sculpted form, is the seal of the State of Wisconsin flanked by sculpted eagles. Under the portico on the front wall’s left and right sides are eagles and wreaths in carved relief. Over the main entry doors incised into stone are the words, WE SHALL NOT FORGET.
On the west side of the building between the covered windows are six seals commemorating wars in which United States citizens have fought.

Wind Point Lighthouse
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Racine Breakwater Lighthouse
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The Majestic Theatre
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The Majestic Theater, later known as the Uptown, opened in 1928. It has been abandoned for 40 years.

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - All Saints

Chatham Street Neighborhood Wall

Couch on Roof of a Car
Moving day for someone.

The Capitol Theater
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The Capitol Theater was built in 1920 as a neighborhood vaudeville and movie theater. The interior was beautifully finished with ornate plaster-work and stenciling. At one time The Capitol boasted a 2/8 Wurlitzer pipe organ.

2 Guys on a Roof
Looks like these guys are working on the roof of the Olympic Liquor store.

Wells Bros. Restaurant
Opened in 1921. Wells Bros is well known for their thin crust pizza. They were voted #6 overall in a nationwide poll back in 2005.

Applehead Car
This person must like Appleheads.

Holy Cross Cemetery

O & H Danish Bakery
Known worldwide for their famous kringle.

Dodge Charger Muscle Car
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Main Street Bascule Bridge
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Man Checking Out a Dead Squirrel
This streetview appears to be a squirrel that was probably struck by a vehicle. A guy can be seen walking from the sidewalk and into the street to check on it.

Construction on South Pier
A Putzmeister telebelt shoots crushed stone to fill in and widen an exsisting pier to 12 feet across.

Johnson Building
Headquarters for Johnson Outdoors, Johnson Financial Group. Owned by the Sc Johnson family makers of popular cleaning products, Windex, Scrubbing Bubbles, Glade Plug Ins, Ziploc and other brands.

Racine Reef Light
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Racine Public Library

9/11 Grafitti Tribute
This appeared on this wall shortly after the attacks on 9/11. There was talk about having it removed but its still there to this day as a tribute.

Soda Delivery Guy
Driver is stacking a load to bring into the store.

In Sink Erator
Garbage disposer manufacturer - In 1927, the world's first food waste disposer was created a few blocks from their current World Headquarters. Racine architect John W. Hammes came up with the idea, perfected and patented it, and founded the company that from day one has been the world's largest manufacturer of disposers.
Much of their growth is due to their committed partnership with plumbing contractors. Since the 1940s, InSinkErator® has been the first choice of plumbers, builders and kitchen dealers with good reason: it's the reliable brand they can install and literally forget. In addition, their products are available at leading appliance retailers and home centers.
As the best-selling food waste disposer brand in the world, millions of InSinkErator disposers are manufactured annually. They are also the leading brand of instant hot water dispensers. Today, InSinkErator has operations in over 80 countries worldwide.

Granada Theatre
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The Granada Theatre opened in 1928 with a Kilgen Wonder Organ, and was closed in 1961, subsequently used for storage. It is now a special events venue.

Cannon in a Park

Rusty Dinosaur
This is a rusty all metal dinosaur created with metal parts welded together. It was built on site at Jensen Metal Products.

Racine Community Garden
Community garden -

Holy Communion Luthern Church

Flags of Denmark and USA
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Man Eating Snacks
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Puppy
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Old Buick

1957 Cadillac Series 62

Kids Fixing the Lawnmower
2 kids appear to be fixing the lawnmower in a side yard.

Dodge Challenger

'Petersen House' by John Randal McDonald
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1951

'McDonald House' by John Randal McDonald
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1952
Architect's own house - one of several he designed and lived in

Washington Park Footbridge
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'Goodman House' by John Randal McDonald
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1954

'VanSickle House' by John Randal McDonald

'Dockery House' by John Randal McDonald

'Silver House' by John Randal McDonald

'Harrass House' by John Randal McDonald

'Erickson House' by John Randal McDonald
next door to the Postorino House (1952)

'McDonald House' by John Randal McDonald
Architect's first house for his family

'Postorino House' by John Randal McDonald

'Auler House' by John Randal McDonald