From the Madison Public Library clippings files: Once a housing co-op, always a housing co-op (636 Langdon Street)

 

Le Chateau co-op (1974)

Photo by Retiring Guy

Today.  Phoenix -- Madison Community Cooperative.  

The mission of the Cooperative:

MCC strives to improve the Madison community by providing low-cost, not-for-profit cooperative housing for very low- to moderate income people and to be inclusive of underrepresented and marginalized groups.

More from the Madison Public Library clippings files:

February 2021
CUNA Mutual moves to its new Madison west-side location (1960).  (2/13)

'Feminine' activist appointed to Police and Fire Commission.  (2/11)

April 2019
Dane County Memorial Coliseum (1967 grand opening).  (4/18/2019)
Somewhat misleading headline from 1967.  (4/14/2019)
Vilas Park Zoo worker attacked by elephant (1977). (4/8/2019)
Middleton High School student survey on drinking and drugs (1969).  (4/6/2019)
The deaths of Annie and Annette, Vilas Park Zoo elephants (1948-49).  (4/5/2019)
State Street, that great street for teens hanging out. (1959)  (4/4/2019)
Coffee house scene (1967).  (4/3/2017)
Racial animosities mar teen dances (1967-1968).  (4/2/2019)

March 2019
Then and now, 7219 Franklin Avenue, Middleton WI.  (3/20/2019)
Middleton post-World War II population boom.  (3/18/2019)

February 2019
Residents don't want Willy Street to lose its unique character (1994-2002). (2/21/2019)
A time traveler from 1956 wouldn't recognize the place now.  (2/21/2019)
Remembering the hot-rodders of East Wash (1980-1999).  (2/19/2019)
UPDATE,  Eventually, we'll work our way back to the horse and buggy era.  (2/18/2019)
The Battle of Stonefield in Middleton (1986).  (2/18/2019)
An expressway like a dagger through the heart.  (2/7/2019)
Not to worry, folks, Wisconsin public television survived.  (2/5/2019)

Janaury 2019
Downtown/University area urban renewal, 1971-1981 (1/28/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 3, the Triangle, 1970-1979.  (1/27/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 2, the Triangle, 1964-1969 . (1/27/2019)
Madison urban renewal, part 1, 1962-1964.  (1/27/2019) 
Downtown Madison parking ramps, 1956-1971.  (1/22/2019)

2018
History of the Dane County airport.  (12/21/2018)

2017
City's first skywalk opens in 1966.  (10/9/2017)
Typewriter art.  (10/9/2017)
Proudfit and Regent streets widening, 1955.  (9/30/2017)
Northport Connector project, 1960.  (9/30/2017)
Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017)