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City reviews multiple apartment proposals By Gillian McBride The Daily Cardinal
Madison’s Urban Design Commission met Wednesday to offer feedback on several downtown housing projects. Sophia Residence Development staff said the proposed five-story housing project would make the area a “building block” of the surrounding neighborhood and would be “aimed at the student market.” Though the design includes exterior features that coordinate with the neighborhood, a representative from the Department of Planning said the department “can’t support this project unless it’s something really good” because it would eradicate three older buildings and “it doesn’t reflect the vision of residents of Madison.” However, commission members argued that “it fits into the human scale of the area” and replicates several historical elements. The commission unanimously approved the project with minor stylistic adjustments. Also at the meeting, architects designing the Washington Plaza apartment complex, located at 425 W. Washington Ave. presented their design changes in response to feedback given at previous meetings. “The problem with the Plaza was … it just didn’t work well,”
admitted one architect. The revised plan creates more of a “sense of entrance” and is meant to look and feel “like a plant with its root system coming out.” The architectural adjustments were meant to “engage” the building with its surroundings, and create a “bit of a backyard” with more inviting landscaping, including planters that double as seating. The commission responded positively to these changes and unanimously approved them. The residential and commercial development for the 800 block of East Washington Avenue, the commission’s largest current undertaking, also received feedback on its commercial components. The architects explained that they are “still working toward … an elegant, simple solution,” but are nearing completion. Commission members expressed concerns about the building’s 13 stories, which violate the Capitol height ordinance but discussed making an exception. Representatives for the project also explained that although Metcalfe’s backed out of placing a store within the development, several other grocery chains have expressed interest in the venue and the deal would be closed soon.
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A city design commission gave preliminary approval to a fivestory apartment on Howard Place, near Langdon Street.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wendy’s to open on the 500 block of State Street
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Badger Aviators formed a flying team and competed in its first competition last month in Dubuque, Iowa.
Up in the air: UW aviation club takes off By Megan Stoebig The Daily Cardinal
Looking out at the Dane County airport from the inside of a four-passenger plane about to proceed onto the runway for takeoff, the door adjacent to me popped open and pilot Kelly Abplanalp grinned and said, “Don’t worry if that happens while we’re in the air; you won’t fall out.” Recently, I participated in a fly-out with Badger Aviators, an event they partake in roughly each month, during which they try to fly out to a location and eat lunch together. This month’s destination is approximately 30 miles away in Lone Rock, Wis. Badger Aviators is a student organization founded in 2009 by University of WisconsinMadison freshman and aviation enthusiast Gregory Oudheusden, who wanted to share his passion of flight with fellow students. Josh Gilberts, the current president of Badger Aviators and a senior studying industrial engineering, decided to start the Wisconsin Aviation Team, a competitive flying team within the organization. Gilberts said he started the team after a Madison native living in North Dakota alerted him to the opportunity of competitive flying. Last month, the team participated in its first flight competition in Dubuque, Iowa,
which consisted of both flying skills and ground events, including comprehension tests. Though the team did not advance in the competition, Gilberts said they surprised a lot of people by what they did accomplish. Gilberts added UW-Madison was the only team competing that did not have an aviation program through its university. “Everyone we were competing against was majoring in some type of aviation, and here we’d come, a student organization to compete against these people,” Gilberts said. One of the biggest challenges for the group, according to Gilberts, has been funding for training and competitions. “Anytime anyone wants to go practice they have to rent the plane themselves and pay for it,” he said. “Other schools have funding that their students can go out every morning or afternoon and fly for free. Financially, it’s on ourselves.” Gilberts said the Wisconsin Aviation Team plans to compete again in regionals next fall with the hope of moving on to nationals in the spring. At the end of the day on the flight home, team adviser Gary Lupyan took us through a “city tour” of Madison. In the cloudless fall day, we looked over aerial views of Camp Randall, the Isthmus and the Capitol building.
Wendy’s will once again occupy a storefront on State Street, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. The fast food restaurant is opening a new store in the space previously occupied by Full of Bull Famous Roast Beef, located at 534 State Street. Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken have also previously operated in the space. Verveer said he has “mixed emotions” about the announcement. While he said he appreciates that national restaurant and retail chains attract shoppers who would not otherwise visit State Street, he prefers locally owned businesses because they are what make it “so cool and unique.” Regardless, he said State Street consistently maintains a “healthy mix” of both local and franchised businesses, according to the city’s Business Improvement District survey. The most recent study showed that of the current State Street businesses, the “overwhelming majority” are locally owned. Wendy’s is tentatively set to open early in 2014.
Man robbed at knifepoint on bike path Wednesday The first armed robbery to occur near campus in recent weeks took place Wednesday evening on the bike path, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Dan Olivas. Olivas said a man in his 20s was robbed at knifepoint on the 600 block of West Washington Avenue at approximately 5:50 p.m. According to a report published by Olivas, a white male in his 20s robbed the victim at knifepoint, and fled on foot after stealing the victim’s cash. The victim was not injured. The suspect is described as having light facial hair and was wearing jeans, a dark windbreaker and a dark, knit beanie-style hat at the time of the incident.
Student Council approves 2014-’15 internal budget By Emily Gerber the daily cardinal
The University of Wisconsin– Madison’s Associated Students of Madison passed its $1,325,624.86 internal budget Wednesday after discussion on the proposed “green fund.” The “green fund” is planned to provide $80,000 for student environmental initiatives on campus.
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”