This month is the time to recognize the contributions of Madison’s Italian cultural community. Tonight, the Common Council will pass a resolution recognizing the contributions of Italian immigrants to Madison and the role of the Italian Workmen’s Club (914 Regent St.) as a cultural and organizational focal point. One hundred years ago this month, in [...]
St. Paul’s Catholic Student Center at 723 State Street (next to the University Bookstore), will be demolished if St. Paul University Catholic Center gets approval for a proposed new building on the site. The existing St. Paul’s chapel, designed around 1967 by Kenton Peters and Gustavs Martinsons, does not garner much affection, and tends to [...]
Madison boasts one of the best examples of Victorian Gothic residential architecture in Wisconsin, the William Leitch house at the corner of E. Gorham and N. Livingston Sts. But for many years it has sat unkempt and languishing, the front porch sagging in disrepair. The house was put up for sale four years ago [...]
The Overture Foundation has been eyeing a redevelopment of the 100 block of State for years. Any redevelopment of the block must preserve the authentic qualities of the buildings and the streetscape.
A decade of improvements to the classic urban athletic facility has been well-timed with the imminent revitalization of the E. Wash. corridor.
A major portion of the former Gisholt Machine Company manufacturing complex on the 1300 block of E. Washington Ave. is undergoing a rehabilitation for its new tenant. Shopbop.com announced in March that it would consolidate its scattered operations into the building, which was designated a Madison Landmark in 2004 for its association with the city’s [...]
There are 178 designated Landmarks in Madison. Info on all of them (and photos of most of them) is available online.