Published: October 28, 2011
Tags: Adam Plotkin, Bob Dunn, Capitol Neighborhoods Inc., cartoon, Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Eugene Devitt, Fred Mohs, Hammes Co., Landmark X, Mark Clear, Paul Soglin, Peter Ostlind
Published: October 27, 2011
Tags: Adam Plotkin, Bob Dunn, Capitol Neighborhoods Inc., Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Eugene Devitt, Fred Mohs, Hammes Co., hotel, Landmark X, Mark Clear, Paul Soglin, Peter Ostlind, redevelopment, Sheridan Glen
A state appellate court Thursday rejected the arguments of two Madison residents fighting the Edgewater Hotel redevelopment, inching the project closer to a construction start.
Published: May 5, 2011
Tags: Adam Plotkin, American Planning Association, Capitol Neighborhoods Inc., common council, Downtown Madison Inc., Gary Peterson, Madison, Melissa Huggins, Mifflin Street, Mifflin Street Block Party, Noble Wray, Paul Soglin, Suzan Schmitz, Urban Design Commission, Verveer, West Mifflin neighborhood
By James Briggs A raging block party that flowed from porches to streets and included alcohol, drugs and stabbings, could help build a case for changes to a historic Madison neighborhood. City officials — including Mayor Paul Soglin, Police Chief Noble Wray and Alderman Mike Verveer — uniformly have condemned the Mifflin Street Block Party, [...]
Published: October 25, 2010
Tags: Capitol Neighborhoods Inc., Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Gorman & Co., Madison, Madison Common Council, Madison Economic Development Committee, Madison Landmarks Commission, Madison Urban Design Commission
By James Briggs The Edgewater Hotel redevelopment’s months-long slog through city committees is prompting a Madison review of how it vets projects. The Edgewater gained final approval earlier this month, but city officials want to avoid such long and winding reviews for future projects. “Ninety to 95 percent of the projects that come into our [...]
By Paul Snyder Residents of Madison’s Mansion Hill Historic District keep battling the proposed Edgewater Hotel redevelopment as a Common Council vote on the project nears. “I would be astonished if we don’t irritate a few people,” said Fred Mohs, a Mansion Hill district resident and member of the Capitol Neighborhoods Inc. executive council. “But [...]
By Paul Snyder Two proposed zoning amendments in Madison would remove roadblocks to the proposed Edgewater Hotel redevelopment and knock down restrictions on future lakefront projects. “I hope it’s a movement toward rationality and wanting to make things happen,” said Brad Binkowski, principal for Madison-based development firm Urban Land Interests Inc. “I think it’s a [...]
By Paul Snyder Madison created and empowered its Landmarks Commission in the wake of a controversial construction project 38 years ago. Another controversial project might prompt the city to take that power away. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said he wants city staff next year to review and update the city’s landmarks ordinance to strip the [...]
Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com There are 154 unemployed union electricians waiting for negotiations to end and work to begin on Madison’s Edgewater Hotel redevelopment. “Any delay certainly dims the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Mark Hoffman, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 159. “Even if this gets through in [...]
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