Stand Up for Integrating Development & Preservation
Please share the link below to to this petition with your friends and neighborhood listserv:
https://tinyurl.com/savewonderbar
Please share the link below to to this petition with your friends and neighborhood listserv:
https://tinyurl.com/savewonderbar
IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT:
1) Madison Landmarks staff first received a nomination in 2021 to designate the Wonder Bar as a City of Madison Landmark;
2) Madison’s Prohibition Roadhouse (aka the “Wonder Bar”), built circa 1932, is the only extant example of a roadhouse or speakeasy in Madison;
3) The Wonder Bar represents a period in American history, Prohibition, that should not be forgotten;
4) The Wonder Bar operated as an iconic gathering place in Madison from the early 1930s until its closure due to COVID;
5) More than 3,000 people showed their support for preserving the Wonder Bar by signing the petition in 2021;
6) The Wonder Bar building takes up only about 12% of the site (including its parking lots) of Range Hill Partners proposed development and can be integrated into plans to redevelop the site.
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED,
1) Madison Landmarks staff first received a nomination in 2021 to designate the Wonder Bar as a City of Madison Landmark;
2) Madison’s Prohibition Roadhouse (aka the “Wonder Bar”), built circa 1932, is the only extant example of a roadhouse or speakeasy in Madison;
3) The Wonder Bar represents a period in American history, Prohibition, that should not be forgotten;
4) The Wonder Bar operated as an iconic gathering place in Madison from the early 1930s until its closure due to COVID;
5) More than 3,000 people showed their support for preserving the Wonder Bar by signing the petition in 2021;
6) The Wonder Bar building takes up only about 12% of the site (including its parking lots) of Range Hill Partners proposed development and can be integrated into plans to redevelop the site.
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED,
- Oppose demolishing the Wonder Bar.
- Support approving the application for Landmark status for the Wonder Bar (by both the Landmarks Commission and the Common Council).
- Support solutions for integrating preservation of the Wonder Bar into the design for adding new housing.
