This is the End, Beautiful Friend
Sydney Hih as the letters were coming down.
Speaking about the song, This is the End, Jim Morrison once said, Everytime I hear that song, it means something else to me. It started out as a simple good-bye song Probably just to a girl, but I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood.
Milwaukee will soon close the door on a little bit of its childhood. On Tuesday the Milwaukee Common Council voted to uphold the appeal of the interim designation of the Sydney Hih, effectively sealing its fate to the wrecking ball. The Sydney Hih dates back 135 years, but 2012 is the end.
The complex has a rich history to go with those 135 years. The corner building, The Senn Building, was named after Dr. Nicholas Senn who obtained worldwide recognition for his experimental abdominal surgery, and... [via Urban Milwaukee]