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  1. (noun) Area located in eastern part of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum west of Carver and Martin Streets. The area now known as the Lost City was intended to be a residential subdivision in the 1920s, but only a small portion of the houses were ever built. The subdivision was done in partly by the Depression, but also because of the failure of the planners to account for the swampy soil in much of the area. Some streets were laid out--and were still included on city maps as late as the 1970s--but were never built; other streets were paved but never had homes built on them and have been slowly reclaimed by nature over the decades.
     
    Posted by: badgerinmaine on May 02, 2008 04:19 PM (1) (0) Flag
  2. Another name used for Madison.
     
    Posted by: sunny48 on May 11, 2008 08:29 PM (0) (1) Flag
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