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Photos by Retiring Guy Plan Commission approves five-story apartment building on West Wilson .  (Madison.com, 4/23/2019) City staff recommended approval of the demolition and conditional use permits the project requires. The Bassett Street Neighborhood Steering Committee also wrote in support of the project.   Verveer said he had “not heard any negative concerns from neighborhood stakeholders” about the project.   But in February, the Landmarks Commission said the buildings to be demolished had historic value and said it would be an “extensive loss to vernacular housing.” The city’s file on the property at 616 W. Wilson indicated that the house was designed by architectural firm Claude and Starck, but city staff couldn’t find any additional supporting materials that this was the case. The first sentence in Encyclopedia Britannica 's entry on "vernacular architecture": Vernacular architecture is defined as the ordinary buildings and spaces constructed, shaped, or inhabite...

Photos by Retiring Guy Original 3/7/2019 post starts here. Photo and videos by Retiring Guy Development at South Park Street and Fish Hatchery Road gets Madison commission approval .  ( Wisconsin State Journal , 8/27/2017) The Madison Plan Commission voted unanimously for a project by T. Wall Enterprises to construct three buildings of 162 apartment units and about 12,000 square feet of retail space on 1.64 acres.   Last month, the commission delayed a vote on the project, known as Peloton Residences, and asked T. Wall to work on areas of concern, such as sidewalk widths, building setbacks and shadows.   The developer reconfigured its underground parking structure to push the building back from the Fish Hatchery Road side by three feet, changed its landscape design in a central courtyard area in response to limited light exposure and agreed to make all sidewalks around the property six feet wide, said Jon Hepner, a development manager at T. Wall . Other South Park Stre...