Photos: Madison Municipal Building, Government East parking garage
The city is proposing to spend about $50 million to update the historic Madison Municipal Building and replace the Government East parking garage. Years of deferred maintenance show in the worn structures.
Madison Municipal Building exterior
The Madison Municipal Building, completed in 1929, has antiquated mechanical systems, so room air conditioners are placed in original steel frame windows on upper floors.
Government East parking ramp
The city has been spending about $250,000 a year to fix problems in the Government East parking garage such as this damaged ceiling. Most of the problems are caused by water and salt.
Madison Municipal Building basement
Jule Stroick, planner, left, talks with Rick Roll, senior planner, in her cubicle area in the Planning and Community and Economic Development office in the basement of the Madison Municipal Building.
Madison Municipal Building rooftop
Paul Stauffer, city facilities services engineer, talks about the condition of the exterior of the Madison Municipal Building, such as the repaired joints along the rooftop. The facade is generally in good shape but some of its exterior masonry is failing.
Madison Municipal Building
Bryan Cooper, architect with the city engineering division, left, and Paul Stauffer, facilities services engineer, make their way down an underutilized stairway during a tour of the Madison Municipal Building in downtown Madison, Wis., Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Amber Arnold -- State Journal
Madison Municipal Building window
A deteriorating original exterior window in the stairwell of the Madison Municipal building is energy inefficient and, like many, no longer functional.
Madison Municipal Building
The Madison Municipal Building opened in 1929 on what is now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Madison Municipal Building
Paul Stauffer, facilities services engineer, left, and Bryan Cooper, architect with the city engineering division, talk about updates that are needed in the boiler room during a tour of the Madison Municipal Building in downtown Madison, Wis., Wednesday, September 10, 2014. The old boiler, at left, is currently not in use. Amber Arnold -- State Journal
Madison Municipal Building
Bryan Cooper, architect with the city engineering division, talks about the condition of the old windows throughout the building, this one on the third floor, during a tour of the Madison Municipal Building in downtown Madison, Wis., Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Amber Arnold -- State Journal
Government East parking garage
Government East parking garage in downtown Madison, Wis., Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Amber Arnold -- State Journal
Madison Municipal Building
The Madison Municipal Building under construction. The building on what's now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard opened in 1929.
Madison Municipal Building
The Madison Municipal Building opened in 1929.
Madison Municipal Building
A corridor in the Madison Municipal Building.
Madison Municipal Building
The Madison Municipal Building under construction. The building on what's now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard opened in 1929.
Madison Municipal Building loose mortar
Mortar is deteriorating in certain areas outside the building, including here on the rooftop.
Madison Municipal Building former courtroom
Bryan Cooper, architect with the city engineering division, talks about the drop ceiling and other updates that cover original elements of the former ornate courtroom, right/left, that's now Room 260 of the Madison Municipal Building.
Madison Municipal Building original courtroom
The original courtroom of the Madison Municipal Building was presided over for years by Judge James E. Doyle, namesake of the proposed redevelopment project that includes the landmark. \
Madison Municipal Building post office
A portion of the Madison Municipal Building was used as a post office until 1979, when it was converted entirely to city offices.
Madison Municipal Building
The city is paying a consultant to come up with ideas on how best to arrange city offices between the Madison Municipal Building, shown here, and the City-County Building across Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Madison Municipal Building exterior
City staff recommended a $30 million full rehabilitation of the aging Madison Municipal Building Tuesday evening.
Madison Municipal Building basement
The Madison Planning and Community and Economic Development office is cramped in the basement of the Madison Municipal Building.
Madison Municipal Building exterior (copy)
City staff recommended a $30 million full rehabilitation of the aging Madison Municipal Building Tuesday evening.
Madison Municipal Building exterior
Mayor Paul Soglin is proposing that the city follow a staff recommendation for a $30 million full rehabilitation of the aging Madison Municipal Building
Madison Municipal Building
The Madison Municipal Building
Mayor Paul Soglin wants to spend $51 million to renovate the historic Madison Municipal building and obsolete Government East parking garage.
