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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - How One Block Got Through It

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - How One Block Got Through It

Chicago’s 75th Street seems like exactly the type of place that would have struggled to survive the pandemic. Instead, it’s thriving.

Slate News · Slate Podcasts

August 7, 202020m 50s

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Show Notes

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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