One of the major construction projects that's gone on in Wauwatosa in the last couple of years has been centered around Hart Park as part of an MMSD flood plain project.  They cut down countless trees, and reworked a large portion of the banks of the Menomonee River.  It seems some changes were also made to the 68th Street bridge over the river:

Just a couple blocks away is the 70th Street Bridge, which was largely unaffected by all the construction, even though 70th Street itself was completely rebuilt:

I can see that with whatever they did to the 68th Street bridge, they tried to keep the old look and feel that the 70th Street bridge still has, but it's a total failure.  The lines on the new stone work are too clean.  There is too much poured concrete, and the metal railings are an awful idea.  I'm sure it all had to be done in order to keep up with code, but you can't tell me that those metal railings realistically make the bridge any more safe than those old cut stone ones.

Normally I have an appreciation for that mix of old and new, but somehow this new bridge just doesn't pull it off.  The aesthetic appeal is completely lost.  You can see the rest of the pictures I took of the Menomonee River in this Flickr set.

And if you need even more of a rustic building fix, you should also check out my set on Flickr which has some old broken down Sheboygan farm houses.  Here is a sample: