A Return to the Walking City: Consumer Experience and the History of Transportation and Business on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin
Date
2016-06-16Author
Wein, Cameron
Nehls, Breana
Mullendore, Katya
Fadelli, Katherine
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Directly connecting the Wisconsin State Capitol and the eastern edge of the University of
Wisconsin - Madison, State Street has long been the premier transportation artery as well
as the cultural and economic heart of the city. In order to track how the shifts in
transportation affected the business landscape at this micro-scale, the authors collected
and categorized the businesses present on State Street throughout selected years of 1858
to 2014. Trends of the four business categories that the authors identified changed in
relation to the major transportation events on State Street, such as the implementation
and removal of the streetcar and the conversion to a transit mall. State Street’s identity
evolved from a thoroughfare that supported industry and staple goods to a pedestrian
focused shopping and entertainment destination. Our review of archival business
directories shows that transportation and the business landscape co-evolved through time.
Subject
Business
Pedestrian
Transportation
Wisconsin
Madison
State Street
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