From Sawyer Terrace
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5/17/2019 update, "Open for business (the nightlife edition)", starts here.
The title track from Thin Lizzy's 1974 album, their 4th -- and an "underrated gem of a record", according Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic. To which I am in full agreement.
The band made its first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 and Top 200 Albums charts in 1976, with "The Boys are Back in Town" and "Jailbreak", respectively.
4/26/2019 update starts here.
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Take a look inside.
3/26/2019 update, "From a distance", starts here.
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3/4/2019 update starts here.
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Rendering: The Raymond Group
1/3/2019 update starts here.
From the back side of Macy's
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Some scaffolding removed
11/20/2018 update starts here.
From the parking lot on the west side of Hilldale Shopping Center
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From Sawyer Terrace
From Hilldale Way and Frey Street
9/23/2018 update starts here.
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8/26/2018 update, "From a distance," starts here.
From the median of North Segoe Road
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From the parking lot of Hilldale Shopping Center
8/10/2018 update starts here.
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8/5/2018 update, "Two views as sun is setting, looking west to east", starts here.
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No Madison listing yet on Marriott website
7/17/2018 update, "Approaching its maximum height", starts here.
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6/3/2018 update, "Window framing begins", starts here.
5/2/2018 update, " A peek between Westin Place and Venture", begins here.
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4/6/2018 update, " 4 views of Hilldale hotel construction progress", starts here.
Sawyer Terrace close-up
Sawyer Terrace full view
Standing next to back side of Metcalfe's
In the vicinity of Cafe Hollander and Morgan's Shoes (Hilldale)
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1/4/2018 update, "Prophylactic hotel slowly rising", starts here.
Here's a view of what the rooms might look like.
Springhill Suites is a Marriott brand. Others include Fairfield, Courtyard, Residence Inn, TownPlace Suites, and AC Hotel. All told, Marriott has 42 locations in Wisconsin. This will be the ccompany's second Springhill Suites location. (The other one is in Green Bay.)
11/19/2017 update starts here.
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11/2/2017 update, "Cranes over Hilldale", starts here.
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8/31/2017 update, "Marriott Springhill Suites foundation work underway at Madison Hilldale", starts here.
Weston Place residents on the east side of the condo have a bird's-eye view.
7/31/2017 update, "Some Weston Place residents soon to lose rm w/ a Hilldale view". starts here.
The photo
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The video
4/1/2017 update, " Weston Place residents feeling hemmed in on all sides", starts here.
View from Sawyer Terrace, just west of Hilldale. From left to right: Venture, Weston Place, Segoe Terrace.
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View from across North Segoe Road.
View of site of proposed hotel, looking east toward Hilldale Shopping Center.
View of site of proposed hotel, looking west toward Weston Place.
Hotel near Hilldale gets green light from city's Urban Design Commission. (Madison.com, 3/23/2017)
“We think it is too close to us; the footprint of the building is still too big,” said Roger Fritz, a resident of Weston Place who spoke on behalf of the Weston Place Condominium Owners Association before the city’s Urban Design Commission on Wednesday. “That’s just too much, too close to a residential area.”
6/27/2016 update, "'Ghost Condo residents learn to live in harmony with a new Venture", starts here.
Or so we can only hope.
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Original 9/29/2014 post, "There Goes the Neighborhood: "Ghost Condo" Residents Lose Fight Against 12-Story Apartment Building", starts here.
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Weston Place condo owners not backing down. (Capital Times, 3/5/2014)
Well, there's always the "Rear Window" option.
Critics say the proposed apartment at 198 units per acre is more than twice as dense as the 12-story, 121-unit Weston Place and far more dense than any other building in the Hill Farms area.
I still call it the "Ghost Condo" because for the first years of its existence, few windows were illuminated at night. The occupancy rate at the end of 2013 was 70%.
Hilldale's latest "in-fill" project.
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