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UWM Plan To Raze Columbia Hospital Stalled
Historic Preservation Commission grants building temporary historic designation.
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Columbia Hospital has not been empty for the last 20 years. In 2008, my father was is hospice there.
Still, more abuse by the Milwaukee Historical Preservation Commission. They shouldn’t be allowed to continue to swoop in at the last minute to obstruct plans that were years in the making, just because an individual now wants to stop it, and has the power of the HPC behind them.
@mkwagner – I’ve cleaned up the wording of that section. The entire hospital has not, you are correct, but according to a UWM report the oldest building/portion has been vacant for multiple decades.
Perhaps UWM (and other wood-be developers) should consult The Historic Preservation Commission at the outset, rather than spend time and money planning to raze a building that is likely to generate opposition once their intentions are made clear. Or would that eliminate the “but look at what we’ve already invested” argument?
The old Columbia campus adds much needed character to an otherwise mostly unremarkable campus.
That said, which tycoon are they looking to name the new facility for? Or should we just skip all that controversy and settle on The Lubar Entrepreneurial University. (in these days of outsized egos anonymous contribution to the public good
seem a thing of the past).