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Jim Koski
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History Nerd. TV dork. Amateur photographer. Professional smart aleck
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This might not be of interest to anyone outside of Marquette, but the new season of "Pieces of the Past" premieres with a 16-minute epic on parking lots. More specifically, what USED to be on the land where parking lots now sit.

Ignore the dork in the screenshot.

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...And Put Up a Parking Lot
YouTube video by Marquette Regional History Center
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November 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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I am loathe to utter the phrase "Back when I was a kid", but, uhm, back when I was a kid Novembers in Marquette (or anywhere around Lake Superior) sure did not look like this.

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi #yesthisisnovemberandnotseptember
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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It was just a few weeks ago that the big lake was shining with the brilliance of several million diamonds...

#photography #lakesuperior #marquette #marquettemi #sailboats
A picture of a sailboat sitting on the water in Marquette's Lower Harbor, awaiting on an eventual voyage onto Lake Superior.
October 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Apparently, this whole concept of "Autumn" is now starting to take hold around here.

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi #autumn
A shot looking up a sidewalk outside of the site of the old Longyear Mansion in Marquette, showing trees finally deciding to turn orange for the year.
October 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The calm before a film festival, a car rally, and a mass of pickleballers bring a city to life.

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi #williamspark #fcff #lspr
The sun rising over the tennis courts at Marquette's Williams Park, on a day when the Fresh Coast Film Festival and the Lake Superior Performance Rally guarantee things won't stay this quiet for long.
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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For those of you who don't live in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, our clothing choices can, on occasion, leave you wondering. I'm here to help.

#lifeinthe906 #marquette #marquettemi #plaidurday

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"Life in the 906"--Yooper Fashion Rules
YouTube video by Jim K.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Uhm...do I really wanna know what went on here?

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi #picklesandbeer
A shot of someone's porch after what must have been an interesting night, considering the shot consists of a bunch of empty beer cars and a jar of dill pickles.
October 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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It felt like summer today, but there was one sure sign it wasn't.

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi #harlowblock #changingleaves
A picture of a once green tree--now ablaze in red--in front of Marquette's historic sandstone Harlow Block.
September 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Either someone's started to celebrate Halloween a little too early or one of my neighbors has a secret none of us know about.

Yet.

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi
#tistheseason
A car with a disembodied hand trying to crawl out of its hood. That's something you see every day, right?
September 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I have discovered that I would probably be a lousy billionaire. And I'm okay with that.

#wzmq19 #marquette #lifeinthe906 #notbillionairematerial

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"Life in the 906"--Being a Lousy Billionaire
YouTube video by Jim K.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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The storm clouds, they are a-gathering...

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi #downtownmarquette #clouds
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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It's not even September yet. What the what, Mother Nature??

#photography #marquette #marquettemi #winteriscoming
A picture of leaves that are in the process of changing color, even though it's (checking the calendar here) still August.
August 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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I dare say that on the days when the sun DOES come out Marquette's quite the green place.

#photography #streescapes #marquette #marquettemi #green #willthesunevercomeoutagain
A picture of Front Street in downtown Marquette, MI, on one of (what seems like) only three sunny days this summer.
August 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Well, then, where am I SUPPOSED to park it?

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi #timemachineproblems
A picture of a no parking sign that has slightly been altered by someone who obviously has a few issues accommodating fourth dimensional travel.
August 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Parks are wonderful. Parks smack dab in the middle of a city are even better.

#photography #marquette #marquettemi #lowerharborpark
A shot along the bike path running through Marquette's Lower Harbor Park. A park that, by the way, was built upon an old coal yard right on the shore of Lake Superior. If the Marquette residents of 60 years ago could see what we've done with their dirty, grungy, disgusting piece of land, I'd like to think they'd be proud.
August 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Look...no fire haze. It's a mid-August miracle!

#photography #marquette #marquettemi #streetscapes #miraclescapturedonfilm #technicallycapturedondigitalbutyouknowwhatimean
A simple picture of blue sky in Marquette today. First the first time since the era of mammoths--no fire haze in the air!
August 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Happiness is a Smelted pizza truck Goat Yoga pizza.

#marquette #marquettemi #smelted #foodtrucks #pizza
#aperfectlunch
It's a great lunch--a Goat Yoga pizza from Smelted Pizza in Marquette.
August 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Summers rock.

#photography #streetscapes #marquette #marquettemi #greenasfarastheeyecansee
A picture of a Marquette sidewalk (on East Arch Street, if anyone cares) that actually looks like a big green tunnel, thanks to all of the trees on it.
August 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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If you quote Otis Redding there's no way you can be considered a cranky old man in training, right?

Please tell me that's the case.

#lifeinthe906 #marquette #marquettemi #otisredding #crankyoldmanintraining

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"Life in the 906"--Respect
YouTube video by Jim K.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Apparently, in the history of Marquette, people have done interesting and/or stupid things when drunk. So much so, in fact, that I have a whole history tour about them a week from tonight!

#marquette #marquettemi #historynerd #drunkpeopleandthefunstufftheydo

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"Happy Hour" tour teaser video
YouTube video by Jim K.
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July 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Happy Lake Superior Day!

#photography #marquette #marquettemi #picnicrocks #lakesuperior #lakesuperiorday #thegreatestoflakes
A couple sitting on a beach looking at the greatest of lakes, one that's celebrated today and, if we're being honest, every day around here!
July 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Okay. Thanks for letting us know.

#photography #streetscenes #marquette #marquettemi #pepperoni
A shot of a priority mail sticker on the back of a stop sign, with a rather enigmatic message left by a street artist. And not all of us smell like pepperoni. Some of us DID shower today, after all.
July 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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In my humble opinion, at least, this is what a summer day should look like.

#photography #marquette #marquettemi #lakesuperior
#sailboats
A shot of a sailboat out on Lake Superior, framed by (of all things) street signs. The lake, as usual, is shining like a couple of million diamonds.
July 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I was out shooting B-roll for a history project yesterday and stuck together a few of the clips as an example of a typical (albeit hazy) summer day in Marquette. If you've ever lived or visited here, you may see a few familiar things.

#marquette #marquettemi #lakesuperior

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A Day in the Life of Marquette (in 60 seconds)--July 11th, 2025
YouTube video by Jim K.
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July 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I heard that it's #wordlesswednesday around here, so this is my contribution.

(Taken in Tübingen, Germany a few years ago)

#photography #streetscapes #altstadt #tubingen
A shot of a couple of people from one evening a few years ago in Tübingen, Germany. It wasn't until many months later that I looked at the shot and realized exactly where the hands of the guy in the shot were.
July 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM