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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: Tugg Speedman on March 05, 2018, 08:09:25 AM

Title: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: Tugg Speedman on March 05, 2018, 08:09:25 AM
Did you know Milwaukee has a flag?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin.svg/2000px-Flag_of_Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin.svg.png)

It was recently voted 147th of 150 city flags.  (Chicago's flag was #2, DC was #1).   There is a move to replace it with this one (representing the sun rising over Lake Michigan)

(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dab70de4b0abb71baa5ca7/t/58b7b7bcb3db2bcf9310e548/1512761023138/)

The Wall Street Journal has a wonderful story about this controversy.

Surprise! Your City Has a Flag and It's Terrible
Milwaukee decided to come up with a new banner, sparking new design efforts and also a fit of nostalgia for what one critic called 'a hot mess'
https://www.wsj.com/articles/surprise-your-city-has-a-flag-and-its-terrible-1520197221
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: GGGG on March 05, 2018, 08:13:38 AM
https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=54519

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=51839.0

Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: TSmith34, Inc. on March 05, 2018, 08:21:39 AM
I didn't realize Big Ben was in Milwaukee
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: GGGG on March 05, 2018, 08:22:38 AM
BTW, I like the new flag.  They should be simple and distinctive.  Like a logo.
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on March 05, 2018, 08:35:39 AM
Quote from: TSmith34 on March 05, 2018, 08:21:39 AM
I didn't realize Big Ben was in Milwaukee

Big Ben and the London Eye apparently.
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: Eldon on March 05, 2018, 10:19:32 AM
Quote from: Tugg Speedman on March 05, 2018, 08:09:25 AM
Did you know Milwaukee has a flag?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin.svg/2000px-Flag_of_Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin.svg.png)

It was recently voted 147th of 150 city flags.  (Chicago's flag was #2, DC was #1).   There is a move to replace it with this one (representing the sun rising over Lake Michigan)

(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dab70de4b0abb71baa5ca7/t/58b7b7bcb3db2bcf9310e548/1512761023138/)

The Wall Street Journal has a wonderful story about this controversy.

Surprise! Your City Has a Flag and It's Terrible
Milwaukee decided to come up with a new banner, sparking new design efforts and also a fit of nostalgia for what one critic called 'a hot mess'
https://www.wsj.com/articles/surprise-your-city-has-a-flag-and-its-terrible-1520197221

I completely agree with the poll.  DC and Chicago's flags are very cool to the extent that a flag can be cool.

Also, IIRC, the Milwaukee flag was among six that were put out.  I believe that people voted to select the one that would become the current flag.
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: #UnleashSean on March 05, 2018, 11:10:33 AM
Its betta then south parks no?

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/southpark/images/8/85/TheNewerFlagSP.png/revision/latest?cb=20160711173603)
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: Tugg Speedman on March 05, 2018, 03:55:21 PM
Is it a coincidence these are MU colors?

Doesn't the basketball team have uniforms in four main colors and aren't they all represented below?

(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54dab70de4b0abb71baa5ca7/t/58b7b7bcb3db2bcf9310e548/1512761023138/)
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: GooooMarquette on March 05, 2018, 04:01:10 PM
Quote from: ChitownHagans on March 05, 2018, 08:35:39 AM
Big Ben and the London Eye apparently.

And a huge menorah-like thingie.
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: Tugg Speedman on March 05, 2018, 04:02:12 PM
Quote from: Eldon on March 05, 2018, 10:19:32 AM
I completely agree with the poll.  DC and Chicago's flags are very cool to the extent that a flag can be cool.

Here are the DC and Chicago flags, voted #1 and #2 out of 150 city flags surveyed.

They are very similar

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/21HgSnQQviL.jpg)

(http://www.freelogovectors.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chicago-City-Flag-785x509.jpg)
Title: Re: Milwaukee's Flag
Post by: GooooMarquette on March 05, 2018, 04:05:40 PM
Quote from: Tugg Speedman on March 05, 2018, 04:02:12 PM
Here are the DC and Chicago flags, voted #1 and #2 out of 150 city flags surveyed.

They are very similar

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/21HgSnQQviL.jpg)

(http://www.freelogovectors.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Chicago-City-Flag-785x509.jpg)

And the Milwaukee flag has a picture of a flag in the middle, and it's sorta similar to those....
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