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It can stop any second now...

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A picture looking at a sidewalk in downtown Marquette during the first real snowstorm we've received in the past two years. It's nasty out. Really, really nasty out, and can stop any second now.
March 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The view out my front door at work today.

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A shot looking up Front Street in downtown Marquette, featuring the First Presbyterian Church, the Longyear Building, and the Landmark Inn. Oh, and an interesting pre-rain sky, too.
June 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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My favorite place in the world. Always has been, always will be.

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A picture of downtown Marquette and Marquette's lower harbor, taken on a day when it was 87 degrees. If you can capture perfection in one picture, this might be it...at least in my opinion.
March 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I'm starting to think the First Presbyterian Church has a pretty good grasp on what Marquette's winter is like this year.

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A shot of the sign outside of Marquette's First Presbyterian Church, after we've received a foot of snow with THREE feet expected on Sunday.
March 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Look--it's yet another sign of Spring in Marquette. The trees are starting to bloom!

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A picture of a tree in downtown Marquette with its first bloom of the year. I mean, sure, it's not a natural bloom, but in a college town would you expect anything different?
April 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The storm clouds, they are a-gathering...

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A shot of an insanely cloudy sky during a span of time when we seem to have nothing BUT cloudy skies around here. Sigh...
September 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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If anyone is curious as to what the biggest winter storm system in a century looks like...

This is what it looks like.

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A shot down Front Street in Marquette during the biggest winter storm of the 21st century (at least so far).
March 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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Where are the clouds and the snow? This just looks...strange.

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After 1,000 months, a shot of actual blue sky in downtown Marquette.
April 22, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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For whatever reason, the geometry of buildings fascinates me.

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A shot of the Longyear Building (in the foreground) and the Landmark Inn (in the background), the lines of the two buildings cutting across one another.
March 1, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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If you'd ever wondered what -3 degrees (F) at 3 pm looks like...well, it pretty much looks like this.

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A picture of downtown Marquette at 3pm on January 23rd, where the temp's a balmy minus 3F and the wind chill's a mere, oh, 20 below
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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I'm sure there's a story behind this. I'd be curious as to exactly WHAT that story is.

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A shot of a big pole in the Downtown Parking Deck in Marquette. The pole is at an (approximately) 45 degree angle, which makes one wonder just exactly HOW it ended up at that 45 degree angle.
June 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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If anyone's every wondered what a layer of ice covered by wet heavy snow covered by a layer of frozen rain looks like...well, this is it.

Winter can go away any day now...

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A shot of downtown Marquette on Wednesday, February 18th, with a layer of ice covered by wet heavy snow covered by a layer of frozen rain.
February 18, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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A mouse might see this as a maze with cheese at the end. If you didn't know it was a staircase allowing easy access to a building in a hilly downtown, you might think so, as well.

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A picture of a wooden staircase that's actually a handicapped accessible ramp in downtown Marquette. And how that I mentioned cheese in the main comment, I'm thinking a nice Mimolette or Comte. Or maybe a goat cheese nuanced with honey and/or lavender. Is it snack time yet? 8-)
February 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Anyone who lives or works in a downtown area has come across something like this early in the morning. For some reason, it's one of my favorite pictures, and it makes me wonder--

Just what DID happen at last call that night?

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A picture of a half-filled glass of liquor found lying on a downtown sidewalk outside of a bar early one summer morning. I often wonder what goes on in downtown Marquette while the rest of us are sleeping. Maybe that slice of lime has a story it would really like to tell...
March 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Sometimes I enjoy wandering around Marquette with a telephoto lens and taking pictures of angles...things that you might not see with the naked eye.

Here's what I saw today.

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A random shot of a random downtown Marquette street. A shot looking down Marquette's (highly misnamed) Main Street. The Longyear Building in Marquette. Sandstone! The First United Methodist Church in the foreground, St Paul's Episcopal Church in the background.
August 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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To me, this is a great idea. Here in downtown Marquette, instead of planting flower boxes, the DDA has planted "garden boxes" filled with vegetables & herbs. Suffering from food insecurity, or just need a leaf of basil for a dish? You're more than welcome to help yourself!
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A garden box in downtown Marquette, awaiting people picking stuff from it.
July 22, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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While this video is specific to Marquette, it's about an age-old story that's happened to almost every single community in the country over the past half century.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWWEP_uIsjU
The Shopping Mecca
YouTube video by Marquette Regional History Center
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM