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Until now, that is. This Thursday, the 128th anniversary of the architect's 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...
Yet the 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...
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...
Opponents also charge that much of the Terrace's design will be no better than guesswork by architects from the master's school at Taliesin West in Arizona, who are supervising the construction. Wright completed only a handful of sketches for the Terrace's interior, so the project supervisors have...
Graham's group was protesting Harvard's construction of Mather House and the Peabody Terrace apartment complex in Cambridge's Riverside neighborhood, a historically Black part of town. As part of the development process, Harvard evicted many long-time Riverside residents.