An architect's drawing shows two six-story apartment buildings that Lincoln Avenue Capital plans to build on vacant land next to the former Oscar Mayer plant on Madison's North Side. The project would provide about 550 units of low-income housing. Opponents say there is not enough data on industrial contamination to know if the site can be made safe for habitation.
Plans to build low-income housing on a polluted North Side industrial site have sparked concerns that the city could be creating a future environmental injustice.
Lincoln Avenue Capital plans to build two low-income housing complexes on part of the Hartmeyer property adjacent to the former Oscar Mayer plant, visible in the background. About 15 acres of the site, including wetlands shown here, will be given to the city for parkland.
A 1974 photo shows coal used to power the former Oscar Mayer plant on Madison's North Side. Plans to build low-income housing on land that was used to store coal has prompted concerns about exposure to arsenic and other toxic contaminants.
An aerial photo taken in 1976 shows coal piled on the Hartmeyer property just southwest of the Oscar Mayer factory on Madison's North Side. Developers are seeking to build low-income housing on the site.
An architect's drawing shows two six-story apartment buildings that Lincoln Avenue Capital plans to build on vacant land next to the former Oscar Mayer plant on Madison's North Side. The project would provide about 550 units of low-income housing. Opponents say there is not enough data on industrial contamination to know if the site can be made safe for habitation.
Lincoln Avenue Capital plans to build two low-income housing complexes on part of the Hartmeyer property adjacent to the former Oscar Mayer plant, visible in the background. About 15 acres of the site, including wetlands shown here, will be given to the city for parkland.
An aerial photo taken in 1976 shows coal piled on the Hartmeyer property just southwest of the Oscar Mayer factory on Madison's North Side. Developers are seeking to build low-income housing on the site.
A 1974 photo shows coal used to power the former Oscar Mayer plant on Madison's North Side. Plans to build low-income housing on land that was used to store coal has prompted concerns about exposure to arsenic and other toxic contaminants.
