Madison in the Sixties – March, 1967 When university avenue reopened in November 1966 with four lanes heading west and a bus lane heading east, campus leaders warned of a […]
Madison in the 60s – The Dow Skirmish, part 2
Madison in the Sixties – late winter, 1967. Dow 1 – the Skirmish, part two As February turns to March, the campus is still consumed by the aftermath of the […]
Madison, the first week of July in the late 1960s
Madison – the first week of July in the late 1960s. On the balmy fourth of July 1965, a crowd of about 60,000 pack Vilas Park for the 14th annual […]
Madison, third week of September, 1969
A solution may be in sight for the crisis gripping Madison’s mass transit system. With the city contract subsidizing the Madison Bus Company set to expire on November 10, the […]
First week of June, 1969
Madison, the first week of June, 1969 City building inspectors find 208 building and safety code violations in the student Mifflin-Bassett street area, seemingly validating student complaints about bad landlords. […]
