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The Lost City
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created by Aran
on 4/22/2020 1:32 AM
last modified by Aran
on 4/22/2020 2:00 AM
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This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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The overgrown remains of an early 1900's housing development that was never completed. A couple of the roads have been repurposed as hiking paths, while the rest of the roads have become so overgrown they are little more than game trails. There are some concrete foundations, a basement, and some concrete steps in the woods a ways off the main trail, surrounded by broken bottles and junk from the 1920's.
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Type: Outdoors
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: not very exciting
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The UW Arboretum is free and open to the public for hiking, so it's a nice nature hike on your way to the ruins.
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Long pants/shirt, the underbrush is pretty thick
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In the mid 1910's Madison was experiencing a housing shortage, and a developing firm known as the Lake Forest Company put forth plans to construct a new residential neighborhood on Madison's south side designed to house up to a thousand people. They got approval around 1916 and construction began. This development was known as the Lake Forest Community.
The problem was that the land was semi-swampy wetland, and the water table was so high that roads would sink under their own weight and be submerged. Further plans to bring in additional fill and construct a network of canals to lower the water table were proposed, with the development being advertised as "the new Venice."
However, construction was never completed. In the early 1920's a combination of WWI, an economic recession, and local politics drove the Lake Forest Company out of business. Only the roads, a few basements, and some concrete porch steps were finished before construction halted. In the 1930's the University of Wisconsin Madison bought the land and repurposed it as a nature preserve and allowed nature to reclaim the Lake Forest Community. It was given the nickname "The Lost City" by locals and has been known as such ever since.
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The UW Arboretum will continue using the land for conservation and education purposes, and hikers will continue to be allowed to wander around.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 4/22/2020 6:16 PM.
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on Apr 22 20 at 18:16, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Apr 22 20 at 7:33, Aran made this location available
on Apr 22 20 at 7:32, Aran updated the main picture
on Apr 22 20 at 7:31, Aran updated gallery Social Distancing
on Apr 22 20 at 7:31, Aran deleted 1 pictures from gallery Social Distancing
on Apr 22 20 at 7:30, Aran updated gallery picture Lost-City-Modern-Aerial.jpg
on Apr 22 20 at 7:29, Aran added some pictures to a gallery
on Apr 22 20 at 7:28, Aran added some pictures to a gallery
on Apr 22 20 at 7:28, Aran updated gallery picture Lost City 1937 Aerial.jpg
on Apr 22 20 at 7:27, Aran updated gallery picture IMG_20200421_170126860_HDR.jpg
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