It would probably help if I told you where it's going, but the photo I took of the announcement on the door didn't come out. Sorry.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Another Boutique Fleeing the Gold Coast
In the last few years a number of Near North and Gold Coast boutiques have fled the heart of the city to seek their fortunes in Old Town, Bucktown, Wicker Park, and elsewhere. The latest one pulling up stakes is Battaglia Footwear.
The Walton Street shop was a nice fit for the area, but is seeking greener pastures to the north. It's a shame because it got rave reviews on Yelp and elsewhere. More of a shame is that it's another vacant storefront at a time when landlords should be making deals to retain tenants and a bunch of other retail space is about to become available nearby.
It would probably help if I told you where it's going, but the photo I took of the announcement on the door didn't come out. Sorry.
It would probably help if I told you where it's going, but the photo I took of the announcement on the door didn't come out. Sorry.
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I went to the ace by Mr. Kites and it looked open, lights on and product in window. Hope they stay. The Gold Coast is becomming quite boring lately unless you like CVS and Walgreens.
ReplyDeleteThat's good news if it's open again. When I went by there it was empty except for a bag of packing peanuts (as seen in the photos in this post: http://blog.chicagoarchitecture.info/2009/01/sweet-shop-leave-cavity-in-gold-coast.html ). It's too cold to go up there right now and run my Ace Hardware errands, but maybe over the weekend.
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