It delights all who see it, and it must be historically preserved immediately. A façade of white brick veneer hosts a collection of comically repulsive "ticks" and "moles" in pigmented concrete.
The property record for the building says it was built in 1948, but we know the hilarious façade is from later in its history.
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In West Allis, Wisconsin, on April 29th, 2021, 8713 W Greenfield Ave on the south side of West Greenfield Avenue, west of South 87th Street.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Milwaukee (county) (1002672)
• West Allis (2122668)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• artificial stone (300010788)
• commercial buildings (300005147)
• concrete (300010737)
• dark gray (300130854)
• dark pink (300126067)
• façades (300002526)
• Mid-Century Modernist (300343610)
• office buildings (300007043)
• masonry veneer (300444225)
• red pigment (300013533)
• two-story (300163703)
• white (color) (300129784)
Wikidata items:
• 29 April 2021 (Q69306035)
• April 29 (Q2535)
• April 2021 (Q61313052)
• Milwaukee metropolitan area (Q1146039)
• Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area (Q110495108)
• stone veneer (Q2470272)
• Treaty of Chicago (1833) (Q87256769)
• Wisconsin Highway 59 (Q841295)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Office buildings—Wisconsin (sh85094178)
