Word: storefront
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effort to meet the demands of the S.L.A. In addition, said Matthews, Patty admitted that she had willingly taken part in the S.L.A.'s robbery of a San Francisco bank on April 15. And she said that she had been the one who riddled the sporting-goods storefront with automatic fire to cover the trio's escape after William Harris had been caught shoplifting...
...storefront cultists generally move into the fringes of ghettos, from which storekeepers have fled to safer and more profitable neighborhoods...
Every Nook. Indeed, it is space-at a budget price-that most attracts members of the new storefront community. Though the warehouse-like interiors with 14-ft. ceilings often cost $60 per month to heat, the rent averages only $150, half that charged for Chicago apartments of similar size. Tenants use every nook and cranny, partitioning off sleeping berths, closets and workshops with hanging plants or plywood. One innovative interior decorator, who moved into a former ice cream parlor, now serves cocktails instead of sarsaparilla from behind the old soda fountain...
Sensing this surge toward storefront living, some landlords have bought and remodeled storefront blocks, and are now renting to eager tenants. In one South Side area, Developer John Podmajersky has constructed a communal courtyard surrounded by arched stucco walls. Here storefront tenants cultivate vegetables, and hold an annual summer art exhibit...
...most impressive conversions has occurred on the North Side of Chicago in a decaying area near Lincoln Park. There some 50 tenants have rented and remodeled not only storefronts but the shabby brick apartments directly over them. As a result the 15-block storefront area now has a new face. The store windows are decorated with gaily patterned curtains, the sills with plants and art works, and the street has become busier and safer...