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"The long brick building with the green tile roof and the eaves that stick way out past the walls is Café Brauer. Prairie School, nineteen oh-eight, and it is aimed straight at the water. For about fifty years of its life, this is where the city kept its lawn mowers. The architect was Dwight Perkins, and he designed it to be walked through rather than around."
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The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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