Chasing a Racine Wright Rainbow

© Mark Hertzberg (2026)

The sun was shining when we went to dinner with our grandchildren. It was sunny when we left the restaurant but the pavement and the cars in the parking lot were wet. Could we find a rainbow? We did. Could “Babo” (my Grandpa name, but that’s story for another time) get a picture with the SC Johnson Research Tower in it before our ice cream stop? The intensity of the rainbow had diminished a bit by the time we got to 14th and Racine streets, but I got some images. The final image is of our granddaughter photographing the rainbow over the Lake Michigan, near the Hardy House.

A rainbow is seen east of the Frank Lloyd Wright – designed SC Johnson Research Tower in Racine, Wisconsin Saturday evening August 22 2026 after an evening shower. Wright designed the facility in 1943 / 1944 and it was constructed between 1947 and 1950.
Fortaleza Hall, designed by Lord Norman Foster & Partners is the building on the left. It opened in 2010.

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