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 now in the minority, Reynolds and his appointees vote 6-3 to terminate the contract with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and start from scratch.
Although the sharpest attacks on the project have involved criticism of Wright’s politics, lifestyle and business practices, Reynolds and his allies on the committee argue exclusively that the project as designed is just too expensive. The 1956 contract between the Foundation and the city set a limit of five and a half million dollars for the project which would combine an auditorium, exhibition hall, art gallery and community center; but when construction bids went out earlier this year,
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New boutique to open at Hilldale
Waterlilly, originally from Lake Geneva, is opening its second location
March 5, 2021 2:00 PM Maija Inveiss
Courtesy of Hilldale prior to COVID-19
Lake Geneva’s Waterlily is coming to Madison starting Saturday as it opens its second location at Hilldale Shopping Center.
Waterlily specializes in women’s and children’s clothing with a focus on Lilly Pulitzer clothing. In addition to clothes, the boutique has accessories, jewelry and special items for kids.
“We are turning a corner economically, and health-wise, and I think we will see a big change in people’s agendas this year with more celebrating, more travel and that fits in with what we do,” Owner Leanne Sanders says. “We’re looking forward to meeting all the great people in Madison.”
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Madison in the Sixties – In Memoriam, University of Wisconsin
The namesakes of two of the three South East dorms passed away this decade. Economics professor emeritus Edwin E. Witte, former department chair and namesake of the second southeast dorm, died May 20, 1960 at age seventy- three. Witte began his UW career as a teaching assistant in the history department, became an economics lecturer, and worked eleven years as head of the state’s Legislative Reference Bureau. He became a full professor of economics in 1933. Two years later, he was the principal author of the Social Security Act.
George C. Sellery, dean of the College of Letters and Science from 1919 to 1942, namesake of the first dorm, died on his ninetieth birthday, January 21, 1962. A scholar of Renaissance history, Sellery, came to Wisconsin for his doctorate at the invitation of the legendary historian Frederick Jackson Turner. An educational conservative, Sellery was acting president after the regents fired Pr