The news of Abercrombie & Fitch has been one of the biggest commenting events on our social media platforms, and one of the highest views on the blog. However, many of you have commented about chain stores taking over and that you would rather shop small. Here’s some of the favorite small businesses on Southport Avenue in Chicago. Which one is your favorite(s)?
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Touring Chicago’s Southport Corridor – Addison to Grace Street
A tour around Lakeview’s Southport Corridor neighborhood in Chicago during the Early Fall of 2021
Tour Time! Shopping, eating and playing between Addison and Grace Streets along Southport Avenue during the early Fall of 2021.
The Guild 5411 Empanadas Ayman Hair Studio – Kid Create Studio Ayman Hair Studio – Kid Create Studio Bentley Pet Stuff – 2×10 Nails Big City Optical – Big City Dental Blaine Elementary School Bodega Sur Bombastic Cafe – The Former Blue Bayou Bombastic Cafe Cafe Tola Candyality Click Shoes – Baby Dolls Coalfire Pizza Ouizi Mural – CVS Pharmacy Ouizi Mural – CVS Pharmacy Dairy Queen dog-a-holics Tango Sur – 312 Estates – Bodega Sur- Cafe Tola Dona Tola El Marcado Food Mart European Wax Studio Fifth Third Bank Mercury Theater and Venus Cabaret Growing Smiles Jewel-Osco Julius Meinl Julius Meinl Massage Envy – Bank of America Mercury Theater and Venus Cabaret Music Box Theatre Music Box Theatre New Development New Retail coming from Chris Irwin Steingold’s Bagels Sushi Mura Suvarna – Sushi Mura 312 Estates The Former Blue Bayou The Former Blue Bayou TS Organic Nails – Subway Two Penny Blue Unique Brow
Fall 2016 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor
A great fall day on Chicago’s Southport Corridor made for perfect pictures around The ‘Port.
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Indira, Coda Di Volpe, Southport Lanes |
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Summer 2015 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor
The rain has finally stopped long enough for us to get our annual photos of the Southport Corridor during summertime. Some of these view will look quite different next summer with the addition of SoulCycle and J. Crew coming, along with the proposed Southport TOD.
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Evereve and Lou & Grey |
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