State Street Stalwart triptych: Paul's Books

Paul's Books, 670 State Street

January 2009               December 2019                  June 2020

Photos by Retiring Guy

Related reading:
Art brings messages of solidarity, protest and large swaths of color to State Street.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 6/8/2020)

Armed with brushes, spray cans, ladders, tarps and feelings of anger, hope and love, artists have brought their talents over the last week to State Street to help turn bland canvasses of plywood into what may be one of the city’s largest, collective public works of art ever created.

Future of many State Street businesses in jeopardy.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 6/7/2020)

A survey by the Central Business Improvement District of 100 of the 152 businesses on State Street has revealed that 40 of those businesses are unlikely to reopen. The number could be greater, however, because the survey is not yet complete; it is expected to be finished this week, Tiffany Kenney, the BID’s executive director said Saturday.

“It will be devastating. It will change us,” said Kenney. “It’s really a complex story and hard to make just about this one time,” she said, referring to the criminal damage.

And individually.

Other State Street posts:
State Street Stalwarts.  (12/10/2019)
Another empty storefront to appear on State Street in Madison WI.  (5/17/2019)
UPDATE: Boutique or not boutique? That is the question.  (4/8/2019)
UPDATE: Last house standing on State Street: You can't paint it black.  (4/2/2019)
Madison Then and Now: 652 State Street.  (3/5/2019)
This State Street Stalwart is now in its 64th year of business.  (1/1/2019)
Three Dog Night is touring.  (12/26/2018)
No, Warby Parker is not a bookstore whose shelves have yet to be delivered.  (12/26/2018)
A brightly lit, empty restaurant interior.  (1/15/2016)
This restaurant opening is overdue.  (1/15/2016)
Another State Street stalwart is closing its doors for good.  (9/26/2015)
A State Street stalwart closes up shop.  (7/30/2015)
UPDATE:  State Street Stalwarts, 6 years later.  (2/1/2015)
State Street Stalwart Going Out of Business: Shakti (1971-2014).  (1/4/2014)