{"id":71277,"date":"2018-06-12T16:12:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T21:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=71277"},"modified":"2018-06-12T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T21:12:58","slug":"rock-it-or-closet-it-chicagos-sneaker-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/rock-it-or-closet-it-chicagos-sneaker-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock it or Closet it &#8211; Chicago&#8217;s Sneaker Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Culmer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Chicago has been an epicenter for sneaker culture since Michael Jordan set the bar with his Air Jordan 1. But how has the industry evolved since then? 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