Retiring Guy's Digest

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Baker's Place, East Washington Avenue, Madison WI (January 2025 construction site visit)

Photos by Retiring Guy

Renderings: The Neutral Project

Other East Washington posts:

2024;

Affordable housing development at 3401 East Washington Avenue. (10/21)

Bakers Place. (9/28)

Redevelopment project at 3401 East Washington Avenue. (6/11)

Baker's Place. (5/6)

Redevelopment project at 3401 East Washington Avenue. (2/7)

151-room Moxy Hotel construction site visits. (1/29)

New home of Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra. (1/29)

2023

15-story hotel proposed for Archipelago Village. (10/17)

The Continental. (7/25)

The Standard site visits series. (2/23)

2022

Huge mural provides showcase for new mixed-use development. (10/2)

Archipelago Village. (3/3)

Low-cost housing proposed for former Bimbo Bakeries site. (1/23)

Madison Youth Arts Center. (1/2)

2021

The Valor. (10/19)

800 block project revisited: Love notes to the temporarily shuttered Sylvee. (2/14)

2020

The Arden. (12/18)

10-story apartment building proposed for 400 block. (1/10)

Stone House mixed-use development on East Washington. (1/9)

2019

Hotel Indigo. (12/2)

NIMBY chronicles. (11/12)

AC Hotel, Madison WI: A view from the 10th floor bar. (11/12)

Capital East parking garage. (1/14)

2018

East Capital parking garage UPDATE. Late November construction progress report. (11/28)

Proposed hotel put on hold. (2/12)
StartingBlock construction as we approach the end of January. (1/30)

2017
The Lyric Apartments are ready for occupancy. (8/30)
This stretch of East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, has undergone a major transformation during the past 5 years. (5/13)

2016
Madison East Washington Festival Foods is open for business. (4/13)

2015
The balconies of the Constellation. (4/19)

2014
The Constellation rises above the treetops. (9/7)

USA box office on the 4th weekend of 2017-2025

USA box office on the 4th weekend of 2025 is up 20% compared to last year when "Mean Girls" was the top-grossing movie. Mel Gibson's poorly reviewed, unenthusiastically received "Flight Risk" is this weekend's top-grossing film. (That's how bad things are in "Hollywood" now.)

But it's down 40% compared to the peak year of 2018, when "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" ruled the box office.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Variety, 1/26/2025

So far, the overall box office is improving on 2024 with ticket sales up 10.9% from the same point a year ago, according to Comscore. After the pandemic and two union strikes wreaked havoc on the box office, Hollywood is looking to 2025 for a rebound in fortunes. The winter doldrums are expected to pick up with Marvel’s “Captain America: Brave New World” on Feb 14, followed by Disney’s “Snow White” on March 21 and “Minecraft” on April 4.

More box office posts:

2025

3rd weekend. (1/19)

2nd weekend. (1/12)

1st weekend. (1/5)

2024

Fourth weekend of December. (12/30)

Third weekend of December. (12/22)

Second weekend of December. (12/15)

First weekend of December. (12/8)

Thanksgiving weekend. (12/1)

Pre-Thanksgiving weekend of November. (11/24)