Decorative board-ups: A tool in the battle against the vacancy epidemic
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chicagoreader.comPosted Aug 16, 2014, 3:29 PM UTC
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chicagoreader.comEver drive through Skokie on Oakton? The window decorations were everywhere for awhile until they finally started filling up.
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I haven't spent much there since I worked in that ugly ass concrete monstrosity for a time in the 80's. I probably wouldn't recognize it because all the storefront were occupied back then. Hell, I saw that Pat's Place closed. That place was an institution.
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Are you talking about the old building at Lincoln and Oakton? They leveled that whole thing a couple of months ago.
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It was the tallest building in "downtown" Skokie. Circa 70's/80's ugly architecture. I was living in Rogers Park/Edgewater at the time and those were wild times so my memory's a bit hazy. It had a big bank in it and offices. I worked on one of the top floors so at least I had a view.
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Yup. That's a Chase Bank. Perhaps the First Chicago back then? Before my time, ol' man. :)
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You can have all the cute shops you want...without having to actually patronize them.