milwaukee thoughts

[blazer88]

after climbing the grand 200  =   2 roman numeral C's        ascend the 92 steps  =   go up the steps to the top of grand staircase     2 red balls being juggled  =  lawn bowling or golf tees                pass the compass  =  go south past the north point lighthouse [compass always points north]   reach the foot of the culvert below the bridge  =  pass by bridge with lions and go down south ravine to bottom    step on nature  =  get on oak leaf trail   to the first young birch  =  follow oak leaf trail all way down to Juneau park and the Leif Erickson statue   He was young-son of Eric the Red,  He  was first-discovered America before Columbus   go on past Solomon Juneau statue [image of juggler]  get on East Wells street and take it to Cathedral Square park    there was a bronze tulip fountain in the center of the square where people would toss in copper pennies and make a wish  =  cast in copper      at the west end of Cathedral Square park is a monument celebrating valiant immigrant mothers-a woman with two children  =  pass three    the woman's face looks like the juggler's face    stay west  =  go west to brick pattern on garage similar to pattern on juggler's neck   keep going west to Pabst theater     from woman with harpsichord silently playing  =  woman on outside wall of Pabst theater with harpsichord  if you go north on North Water street to East street you will come to image match of city hall   continue north past Laureate sculpture[image of hair in juggler]  get on Juneau Avenue and go west to Old World Third street  =  as you walk the beat of the world   go south on Old World street and cross over West Juneau Avenue, West Kilbourn Avenue, and West Wells street  =  at a distance in time from three who lived there   at a distance in space  =  James Lovell street  go west onto West Wells street past astronaunt [James Lovell] to North 9th street   view the three stories of Mitchell  =  Alexander Mitchell Mansion[Wisconsin City Club]    go north on North 9th street to corner of North 9th and West State street   walk 100 paces over rock and soil  = enter Macarthur Square and walk southeast 100 paces to where Macarthur statue used to be    you'll see a letter from country of wonderstones hearth  =  G for general    on a proud tall fifth  =  statue of 5 star General Macarthur  at its southern foot the treasure waits  =  should be on south side 

[mcsc]

While I agree with your ending, I disagree with your method to get there. Rather than mire through the weeds of my solution, I will bolster my reasoning for my opinion on the burial spot.

Douglas MacArthur is mentioned in print in the book and also there are similarities to the Pentagorian figure.
the cane depicted in the image when turned upside down could depict a pipe similar to the one DMA used
(Also if you look closely there looks like smoke tendrils coming out of it.
the flower in the image has a 5 pointed star in the middle of it
the millstone has a black triangle in the middle…that would be the Greek letter that is ON the statue of DMA formed by the angle of his arm to his body…a delta
the arm of the cloak on the image is similarly bunched up as is the statues
if you stand at the spot where the former statue was in MacArthur park, and look toward City Hall (I believe it’s west) you can see the same outline as depicted in the image….ALSO that shows that the curious object on the right edge of the painting would be the flag on the flagpole that you see from that spot

i have much more for this…

[choice]

Aug 19, 2021 20:30:48 GMT -5 blazer88 said:

 step on nature  =  get on oak leaf trail   

Again. Oak Leaf Trail was 76 Bike Trail then (76, bicentennial, grand 200). The trail's name-change to Oak Leaf was in 1996.  tinyurl.com/5n8auj2h

[diceycat]

Although this manhole cover is for NYC , maybe there was or is something similar for Milwaukee.
” step on nature cast in copper” leaf.

What was the name of the trail prior to 1976?

[choice]

Manholes are not made of copper. They wouldn't last long!
No need to scramble up verse lines and walk 5+ miles on a twisted route to the target. Simple interpretation of lines work perfectly.
Start on E. Kenwood @ Mitchell Hall down to Marietta.
Enter the park or step on the grass (step on nature).
Walk along Lincoln (cast in copper).
Go up the 92 steps AFTER walking up the 76 bike trail.
Makes perfect sense.
BTW similar to NYC and Boston the zip code of adjacent area (53212) is present in the flower:

[diceycat]

Certainly, most manhole covers are cast iron but some  special requests can be coated with bronze ( 88% copper 12% tin) by some manufacturers, probably those not subject to heavy vehicular traffic. 


In 1982 the Lincoln cent composition changed to a clad version with it having a copper coating over a zinc 97.5% copper 2.5% core. I guess you could call that a copper leaf coating but this is cutting it close seeing that the book was published in 1982

Im starting to think that the burial site is by the #5 picnic sign.
Is the #5 post set in concrete?
Has the post been relocated over the years?
Has the picnic site moved from the grove of trees just west of the current site
Or is the casque by the road drainage grate at the top of Ravine road?
A few possibilities.

[choice]

1st 7 lines of the verse gets you to this corner where Kenwood splits to Kenwood and Lincoln (view from 2007): goo.gl/maps/VHEA7cL6fk9rJLUY8
Notice there is no side-walk so you have to step on the grass to walk along Lincoln.
Step on nature... Cast in copper; IMO should be read as two separate hints, grass and Lincoln.
Paintings and verses where mostly done by 1981 (if not all) when pennies were copper.

[diceycat]

That would make sense if it weren’t for the Japanese hints.
Kenwood was an audio manufacturer. Why emphasize D.R.U.M? Then look for a name close by in a large dictionary. There you find Drummond.
Why give “a leaf” as a hint for “ walk on nature, cast in copper”if your assumption is grass. I’m thinking he may have been talking about the bronze maple leaves that were set in some of the sidewalks in Montreal. Maybe?
That proud tall 5th might be the Montreal ,Mount  Stephens Club ,a tie into “Canadian Club “ a proud Canadian 5th of whiskey , maybe?



There is the possibility that “step on nature” and the Japanese clue “ leaf”, is referring to the Linnwood water treatment plant on Lincoln Dr. ( cast in copper). There is actually a Linwood tree ( one less letter “n” in the spelling).

Regardless , most think the painting fits Milwaukees Lake park and logically looking at the painting the casque should be somewhere around the top end of Ravine Drive.

[jeepers]

Only hint I will provide now... the number of "steps" have nothing to do with physical or actual steps/stairs. The numbers represent something else.

Following the verses and images in the painting, I was led to this site which matches the painting.  Far too long, people have been focused on the incorrect location in Milwaukee.

BTW, as for the Japanese hint about drum or a word similar?  Look up durum.  That's your starting point.