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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
Outer Drive East had its own shuttle bus and its own commissary. Taxis weren't so expensive. The Loop still had restaurants, nightclubs, movie theaters, bookstores, groceries, a Catholic church—even hardware stores and hobby shops.
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Originally Posted by Handro
With all the new residential and hotel units being delivered to the loop maybe we'll get back some of that diversity of businesses in the years ahead. Michigan from Randolph to Wacker has already changed pretty drastically in the past 5 years alone.
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The Loop still has a Catholic church. And it also has grocery stores, bookstores, restaurants, movie theatres, grocery stores. I don't know about hardware stores or hobby shops, but there is a hardware store 1/2 mile north of LSE, in Streeterville, and Target fills many of those needs, too. There just aren't many hobby shops left anywhere, though.