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The Churchill still stands Churchill building Plans for a new history museum, which threatened the Churchill building, Madison s first skyscraper, have shifted to a new site. Churchill still lives. No, not that Churchill. Winston Churchill, the iconic World War II British prime minister, died in 1965. I’m referring to Madison’s Churchill Building, which seems to have weathered its latest storm and may stand in its nine stories of glory for much longer than many had thought.  Almost two years ago I wrote a cover story for Isthmus about the impending destruction of the Churchill Building, Madison’s first “skyscraper.” The building, which was completed in 1915 on the Capitol Square and housed the offices of some of the city’s most important historical figures, seemed destined for the wrecking ball to make way for, ironically enough, a new state history museum. (Full disclosure: Before I was mayor I had my office in the Churchill and I confess a lov

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