Commission OKs plans for $125M development in Madison square

May 5, 2020 2:26 pm Leave a comment

A rendering showing the Madison developer Urban Land Interests’ plans for the $125 million redevelopment of a largely unused site — known officially as Block 101 — near Capitol square. Urban Land won the Landmark Commission’s approval on Monday to make way for the project by demolishing buildings on a block bounded by East Washington Avenue and North Webster, East Mifflin and North Pinckney Streets. (Renderings courtesy of Urban Land Interests)

A project to redevelop retail space and build an office tower on a block on Madison's Capitol Square took an initial step forward on Tuesday.

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Historical societies in Wisconsin towns seek new members

November 11, 2019 6:00 am Leave a comment

Norman "Pogo" Dahl stands on Oct. 31 at the Deerfield Historical Society’s museum next to a section of the original rail line that had once gone through Deerfield. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

At the Deerfield Historical Society museum, you can find a typewriter from the train depot, a clock from the old post office, a wooden crate from the now-defunct Johnson Hardware and a yardstick from the former Deerfield Motor Co.

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CURTAINS: Historic theater faced with likely demolition

October 30, 2019 9:34 am Leave a comment

The historic Fox Theater in Stevens Point on Aug. 20. Attempts to save the historic downtown theater appear to be at an end now that a nonprofit organization is saying it can't meet the city's timeline for renovations. The Fox Theater’s history traces to 1894, when it was opened as the Grand Opera House. (Rob Mentzer/Wisconsin Public Radio via AP)

An attempt to save a historic theater in downtown Stevens Point appears at an end after officials at a nonprofit organization said they couldn't meet requirements or a city timeline for renovations.

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Bill would overrule historic status, allow Waukesha County to raze building

July 17, 2019 3:34 pm Leave a comment

A new bill would aid Waukesha County in razing a historic building it owns by overriding a landmark designation issued by the city of Waukesha, a move city officials view as an overreach.

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High court declines case concerning building preservation

March 4, 2019 10:48 am 13 Comments

Rejecting arguments from the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, three conservative Supreme Court justices it amounts to discrimination if synagogues, temples, churches and mosques are barred from taking part in programs that award money for preservation work.

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State rehab breaks might prove costly

December 6, 2013 1:16 pm Leave a comment

Areas of broad agreement in the Wisconsin Legislature are hard to find. One exception: a bill to expand state tax credits for restoring old buildings.

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Preservation’s punch line

November 30, 2012 4:02 pm Leave a comment

This undated image provided by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy shows the home that Wright, the famous architect, built for his son in Phoenix, Ariz.. The city council is considering granting the house landmark designation to temporarily protect it from being torn down by the developer who currently owns it. In the meantime, along with other historic homes on self-guided tours, it’s one of a number of free things to see and do in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, Scott Jarson, azarchitecture.com)

Two guys from Idaho walk into Phoenix. They lay down $1.8 million for a 60-year-old house. But they want the property, not the house.

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Downtown Milwaukee hotel proposal faces historic fight (UPDATE)

October 7, 2010 11:43 am Leave a comment

By Marie Rohde A developer and a downtown Milwaukee alderman are at odds over a proposed hotel that would require the demolition of several office buildings in a historic district. Alderman Robert Bauman said MBI Properties LLC, the owner of ...

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Developer breathes new life into old structures

October 30, 2009 12:44 pm Leave a comment

By M. Scott Carter Dolan Media Newswires Oklahoma City — For developer Steve Mason, history pays. Speaking recently at a dedication ceremony for his newly refurbished building on North Broadway Avenue in Oklahoma City, Mason said he decided to redevelop ...

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