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Then.  1981 aerial view, with cloverleaf intersection at top center and mall at lower left.   Now .  Mall still in business, though not the draw it used to be, and surrounded by satellite stores. Madison malls change with the times .  (Channel3000, 4/16/2018) Madison’s West Towne Mall opened in what had been a cow pasture in 1970, and its sister mall East Towne opened a year later. On the city’s near west side, the Hilldale Shopping Center opened in the early 1960s. The traditional model for successful shopping centers really didn’t change for the next 30 years.   It generally consisted of anchor stores, kiosks, long corridors of smaller retail stores, and a food court.“That's the format that was around in 1970, 1985, and 1998 and it's still around today,” says University of Wisconsin marketing lecturer and business consultant Moses Altsech, “but it's no surprise that it's not cutting it anymore.” Actually, for those of us who were there at the creation -- the l...

Then.   Mid-1960s.  (Didn't find a Madison telephone directory yellow pages ad prior to 1964.  Badger Road apartments in background.) From Retiring Guy's postcard collection From the 1964 Madison telephone directory From the 1972 Madison telephone directory.  (Add a bunch more credit cards, color television, Coliseum location) From the 1973 Madison telephone directory.  (Bigger ad, same Sleepy Bear mascot.  Map added. New amenities:  patio, baby cribs, conference room, 24 hour switch board, commercial rates.) From the 1984 Madison telephone directory.  (Back to a smaller-size ad.  Stressing 'affordable rates'.  Senior citizen discounts, outdoor plug ins.) Now.  On Applegate Road (frontrage road south of Beltline, i.e., 12, 14, 18, & 151) looking at the approximate location of where the Travel Lodge used to sit. Photos and video by Retiring Guy Mad City Mitsubishi now occupies the Travel Lodge site. The Travel Lodge came to an i...

From the top of the Government East ramp Photos and video by Retiring Guy Madison committee recommends Gebhardt Development for Judge Doyle Square project . (Madison.com, 6/11/2019) On a near-unanimous voice vote, the committee opted for a plan by Gebhardt Development, of Madison, that would set aside 78 of 196 apartments for households with incomes at or below 60% of the county median income, or $49,560 for a family of three. 'Resolve the impasse:' City Council approves Judge Doyle Square project changes.   ( Capital Times , 6/9/2019) “The proposal tonight will resolve the impasse and will allow us to build a hotel, I think, as quickly as possible to serve Monona Terrace,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said.   It will also reduce the risk of future litigation, City Attorney Mike May said. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway baffled by recent disagreement over Judge Doyle Square .  ( Capital Times , 6/6/2019) However, on May 3, Beitler sent the city two notices of default on a de...

Then.   (Based on the cars in the frame, I'd say the photo was taken in the mid-1950s.)   From Retiring Guy's postcard collection Now.   (The 900 block no longer exists.) Video and photos by Retiring Guy Construction started on McConnell Hall, located at 1010 Mound Street, in 1939.  It serves as a residence hall and provides classroom space for Madison General Hospital' s School of Nursing. Related link: UnityPoint Health - Meriter History Other Madison Then and Now posts: 2019 State and Francis streets .  (6/10/2019) UW-Madison Agriculture Hall .  (6/3/2019) The Edgewater Hotel   You don't mess with a classic art moderne building .  (6/2/2019) North and south of the Beltline and east of West Towne Mall .  (4/30/2019) North and south of the Beltline in the West Towne Mall area .  (4/2/2019) Beltline, Whitney Way, Odana Road, and University Research Park .  (3/5/2019) 652 State Street .  (3/5/2019) 2015 City-County Buildin...

THEN (;ate 1950s/early 1960s) Postcard from Retiring Guy's collection Now & Then: Heads and Beds .  (Capital Neighborhoods, 8/1/2015) An ad in the 1957 telephone directory proclaimed the Town/Campus Motel as “Madison’s Newest and Most LUXURIOUS Accommodations.” It enjoyed a great location between the UW campus and the state capitol, had adjacent free parking, and “telephone and free TV in every room.” Early occupants of the State Street commercial spaces included a Toddle House Restaurant, a national chain with 24-hour service. NOW THEN (mid-1960s) From Retiring Guy's postcard collection NOW Some of the changes: Town/Campus Motel replaced by a hulk ( The Hub ) State Street now a mall (limited auto traffic) 400 block of North Frances Street ends in a cul-de-sac trees, planters obscured view of Capitol Other Madison Then and Now posts: 2019 UW-Madison Agriculture Hall .  (6/3/2019) The Edgewater Hotel   You don't mess with a classic art moderne building .  (...