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City leaders shoot down proposal to preserve view from historic building Close Close Last night, the Madison Common Council shot down a proposal to preserve a unique lake view for an early Frank Lloyd Wright building.  It’s Wright’s earliest surviving work in Madison. Built more than a century ago for his childhood friend Robert Lamp, the house provided expansive views of the downtown area, and of Lakes Mendota and Monona.  The house now sits secluded from street view, behind houses and apartment buildings and bounded by North Webster, East Mifflin and North Butler Streets. The Lamp House is currently an apartment building, surrounded by new developments and sightlines to Lake Monona and the Capitol have been cut off. Only Lake Mendota is partially visible from the third floor of the house.

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