Development Context

I walked around Block 66 with my camera to provide location context to our proposal for a new Central Public Library...

The corner of Fairchild and State Street. Overture Center for the Arts on the left.

View up Fairchild. We propose that the new library enjoy transparent window bays extending over the sidewalk similar to this element at Overture.

The existing Central Library is out-of-scale with surrounding uses and underutilizes its site.

View west down Mifflin Street. Overture Center on right. After the library moves into its new facility, Fiore-Irgens will purchase the old library site for slightly more than $4 million. We plan to build new hotel and retail facilities, with internal parking for up to 400 vehicles.

We expect new hotel and parking facilities on the existing library site to catalzye redevelopment on the 100 Block of West Mifflin. These storefronts have been vacant for almost 10 years.

The existing Central Library building presents an "unfriendly" pedestrian streetscape. View west from Fairchild Avenue to Mifflin Street

Network222 is a 190,000 sq ft Class-A office building owned and managed by The Fiore Companies. It is one of the most connected and fiber-rich buildings in the state and is served by fully underground dual-circuit power grid. These technology advantages will all be available to the new library.

Corner of Fairchild and West Washington. View northeast toward Capitol Building.

Corner of Fairchild and West Washington. View southwest toward Bassett Neighborhood.

View down West Washington Avenue from Capitol Square

Network222 in center. New library site to left (behind tree)

Site of proposed new library. The single story structure will be removed, but existing foundations and structure support will be re-used.

Property across Henry Street from new library. These historic structures create a welcome setback from the SBC Building.


View southeast toward Lake Monona from Henry Street. Capitol West condominiums and Capitol Lakes retirement community on right.


View west from Mifflin and Henry Street. Currently, another "pedestrian-hostile" streetscape. We envision sidewalk cafes...

Overture Lobby as viewed from the proposed new hotel lobby.