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How One Block Got Through It

Aug 07, 202021 min
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Episode description

Over the past five months, city blocks have been slipping away. Bars are closed; restaurants are half-empty; retail is shuttered. As the country returns to varying states of lockdown, how long can these blocks hold on?

 

This week: how one commercial strip on Chicago’s South Side is weathering the pandemic. 

 

Guests:

Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative

Brian d'Antignac, The Woodshop

Jaidah Wilson-Turnbow, Frances Cocktail Lounge

Zoie Reams, Brown Sugar Bakery

 

 

Host

Henry Grabar

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