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Madison's 200-ton synagogue was rolled through city streets to avoid demolition
When demolition threatened Madison's 1863 Romanesque Revival synagogue in 1971, the community moved the entire 200-ton building through city streets to a lakefront park.
Why it mattersIt shows that even a 200-ton historic building can be physically moved rather than demolished when a community decides to fight for it.
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