09/26/2026
Mad About Madtown: Monona Terrace! ❤️
59 years in the making.
You know that iconic building sitting on Lake Monona?
Frank Lloyd Wright first imagined it in 1938.
His vision was a sweeping civic center connecting the Wisconsin State Capitol to Lake Monona. The plans changed. The project stalled. It was debated for decades.
Wright died in 1959—never seeing it built.
But Madison didn't let the dream disappear.
Nearly 60 years after Wright first proposed it, Monona Terrace opened its doors in 1997, bringing his vision to life on the very site he had chosen.
Today, it's one of those places that just feels like Madison—part architecture, part lakefront, part gathering place.
And that's something worth being mad about. ❤️