Madison in the Sixties – October, 1961 About 5,000 homes in the greater Madison area already have some sort of fallout shelter for protection after a nuclear war, a civil defense official tells a neighborhood group On the third. Don Heimlich, the assistant civil defense director, tells a gathering in the Hill Farms area that […]
Madison, July 1961
Madison, July 1961 On the 14th, city planners report that State Street suffers from traffic congestion, inadequate parking, and bad design and they recommend a coordinated, three-phase improvement plan.[i] They’re especially concerned about the first two blocks, which tax records and assessments reveal as the most valuable for shopping. The problems aren’t new; the report […]
How Universities Shape Urban Life
University campuses play a major role in whatever city they’re in, from local politics to gentrification and even policing. We’re in the midst of a new economy, argues urban historian Davarian Baldwin. Today, he talks with guest host Nan Enstad about the role universities are playing in that economy through the lens of his new […]
Madison in the Sixties – the first week of June, 1961
Madison in the Sixties – the first week of June, 1961 Two months after businessman Henry Reynolds was elected mayor on a platform of killing the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona Terrace civic center, the Auditorium Committee dominated by his appointees votes to do just that. With pro-Monona Terrace members appointed by former mayor Ivan Nestingen […]
Madison, December 1960
Madison in the Sixties – December, 1960 As the month opens, the Madison Redevelopment Authority closes any hope for public housing in the city’s first urban renewal area, the Brittingham project just east of Brittingham Park. The Madison Housing Authority had been trying all year to get the MRA to OK public housing for the […]
Madison, the first week of February
Madison in the sixties – first week of February Urban renewal dominates the news this week in 1961, as Madison makes history when it puts the Brittingham project out for bid. The 5-acre site bounded by West Washington, Proudfit and West Main, planned for 150 units of private market rate housing in buildings of up […]
