f Yellow Jersey 1972~1974 at 613 University Avenue Madison WI
Yellow Jersey 1972~1974

613 University Avenue Madison WI

photograph by Michael Heckman who came from Merrill WI

Our second home was at one time a grocery with 8000 feet of clear span and skylights. This was a beautiful building that allowed us to grow and learn until the City made it a gravel lot.
We were evicted in October, 1974. Our block was razed but no work was done with the rubble until it was paved for parking and meters added in 1982. The planned 1974 building was started in 2000 after 26 years of typical administrative dithering.
.YJ Staff photos from 1973 by John Francis Clavin

Here's our team of strong young men from the era. All have gone on to interesting and productive lives, scattered across the earth

our Only Hour
Our Hour Record

o death, where is thy sting?

Our first actual storefront was at 601 University Avenue

Our building at 613 University Avenue was condemned for demolition in late 1974.
We moved to 419 State Street on Halloween 1974, having been open at both
locations for 72 hours straight. Most items were walked to the new location by
a large collection of staff and volunteers.

The rubble-paved block- formerly ten beautiful 1880s/1890s houses on the south
and beautiful brick businesses on the north - was neglected until new construction
began 25 years later. Typical City of Madison waste, inepttude, profligacy and futility.

We enjoyed State Street when it was exciting, colorful, eclectic, fun and profitable
As it devolved to expensive, violent, filthy and dangerous, we moved
Last days on State Street

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