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...birth, Republican Governor Tommy Thompson will preside at the official groundbreaking ceremony for what is probably the most important Wright-designed project never executed in his lifetime. Monona Terrace is a five-level, semicircular, 1.8 hectare convention center now under construction at the edge of Lake Monona in Madison. Wright spent his youth in the state capital, which is about 65 km east of Taliesin (Welsh for "shining brow"), his home and architecture school at Spring Green. Those historic connections with Madison must have given Wright a special feeling for Monona Terrace. Between 1938 and 1958, he designed at least...
...architect's endless feuding with local politicians and businessmen guaranteed that, as Wright once ruefully predicted, the Terrace would never be built while he was alive. Amazingly, the arguments continue, even though an overwhelming majority of Madison elders are now committed to the $67 million project. Opponents of the Terrace have filed four lawsuits to block its construction, primarily on environmental grounds. One such suit claims that the 1,700 pilings supporting the edifice, which has a rooftop terrace and spiral parking ramps at each end, will cause groundwater contamination. Terrace opponents have also asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Some critics believe the Terrace is a pricey boondoggle that cash-strapped Madison can ill afford, even though more than half the cost will be borne by state and county funds and by private donors. Yet another source of acrimony is whether the Terrace deserves to be considered a Wright design at all. A local organization called It Ain't Wright has argued that the architect's original concept envisioned a 2.8 hectare multipurpose civic center, complete with jail and railroad station, on a pristine stretch of lakeshore. The scaled-down version being built snuggles up against a cluttered Madison...
...environmental concerns, Terrace boosters respond that surveys have cleared the project of contributing to water pollution. As for the cost, advocates believe convention business will generate some $20 million a year in revenue for Madison, even though the Terrace itself will operate at a loss. "People will flock from as far away as Tokyo to see Frank Lloyd Wright's last building," predicts Governor Thompson. "It's going to be a centerpiece...
This fall, Bev will assume directorship of one of the nation's premiere academic choral programs, that of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. As one who has sung under Bev's direction in the Radcliffe Choral Society (RCS), Harvard/Radcliffe Chorus (HRC) and Harvard Summer Chorus, I have been given this opportunity to discuss her departure, in terms of both historical perspective and future impact...