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 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, lifest...