Scott Walker Slaps Down Blaska
In case you have not heard, Scott Walker's campaign manager, Michael Grebe, is suing the Madison School District. Well, Grebe could not sue the...
Another Demolition
To expand Farm and FleetPlease be advised that Neal VanLoo will be filing a demolition permit application on May 12, 2010 for Plan Commission...
Two More Demolitions & A New Preservation Planner
You know, none of these have been too controversial and they seem to be growing day by day . . . interesting, eh? Oh, and old news about the new preservation planner.
Burning Down the House(s)
So this is kind of embarrassing. I was talking to Judy Olson the other day about the homes that were burned on the corner...
Common Council Recap
A three hour meeting took care of a 839 page packet of information for the meeting . . . not too bad. Here's...
More Demolitions . . .
They seem to come in groups . . .
French Battery Factory Replica Considered Historic Preservation?
Last night at the plan commission we approved the demolition of French Battery Factory in order to make way for new development (Union Corners)....
‘Nother Demolition
Single Family home, but it must be a rental?
Demolition Ordinance Needs Revision
Seems odd to me that we treat deciding about the demolition of a home built in the 1800's the same as the demolition of...
Are these the biggest issues for the Zoning Code Rewrite?
The Chair of the City's Zoning Code Rewrite Committee and Planner with Vandewalle & Associates, Mike Zlavney sums up the issues up as follows:I...
What’s Historic?
So, as the downtown continues to thrive and we see very little end to the onging redevelopment, we are running out of vacant land...
St. Raphael’s
Clearly, it is a landmark. Clearly, the demolition permit has been issued by staff. Now what?Last night's Landmark Commission meeting was a...