Established neighborhoods, like Marquette, could see more dense housing.
Madison’s housing stock, like that of most American cities, was shaped by the post-World War II economic boom.
Cars were becoming the transportation mode of choice and families were moving to the suburbs. Madison’s new neighborhoods reflected these changes — places like Hill Farms and Hoyt Park, both largely developed in the mid-1950s, had larger lot sizes, were more reliant on automobiles for transit and consisted predominantly of single-family homes…