Historic Bronzeville hardware store and jazz archive set to close
By Pat Nabong Meyers Ace Hardware has two kinds of customers: those who buy paint for their walls and those who “listen to the walls.” For decades, hundreds of tourists and curious souls in search of jazz relics have been visiting the neighborhood store in Bronzeville. It has preserved remnants of what it used to […]
Plant Chicago brings innovative food production to Back of the Yards
By Miles Painter Located in the historic “Back of the Yards” neighborhood, Plant Chicago pushes innovation in sustainability using a circular economy model – where the waste of one business becomes the potential of another.