Word: storefronts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...North Side Chicago shoe-repair shop for new heels or a shine are confronted by a discreetly blackened window and an avocado green door-firmly latched. The new tenant, Artist Ron Rolfe, is not interested in their patronage. All he wants is the privacy of home in his converted storefront...
Like 500 or so other Chicagoans, Rolfe has rejected the steep rents and monotonous layouts of high-rise apartments and opted instead for storefront living near downtown business districts...
...peace as he moves from behind the counter to clear off the clutter of greasy pizza plates, crumpled napkins, and empty soda bottles that has piled up in the last ten minutes. His scenery the flimsy wood panelling on the walls, his stage lights the neon sign on the storefront that glares "Harvard House of Pizza" in red and green, Frank performs without an audience...
...Texas. So far, IRS investigations conducted mainly by agents or volunteers posing as clients have resulted in fraud convictions of 126 tax preparers and indictments of another 85. The refund mills under IRS scrutiny usually consist of one or two people who often set up shop in a storefront and earn up to $40,000 for three months' work...
...which stack turntables, receivers, tape decks, casettes and digital clock radios from floor to ceiling in the 15-foot display windows. When we were in New York for Winter recess, one of these dives had broken away from the traditional display of commercialism and had instead plastered the entire storefront with copies of the recently released LP The Devine Miss...