A locally-owned Batteries Plus opened last month at the corner of Forest Park and Taylor in Forest Park Center. This is a great example of the sort of specialized service businesses that help to complete an urban neighborhood such as ours. From the time the shop opened, Manager Matt Tamasi said: “The response has been…
Category: Shop News
Proprietors of Pass the Past rebuilding vintage collection after fire
As you have probably heard by now, Erica and Eugene Tsimermans’ shop Pass the Past, 4744 McPherson, was one of the businesses devastated when fire swept through the historic building at Euclid and McPherson on June 24. Everything in the shop was destroyed. In addition to the storefront (photo above taken shortly after the…
The aftermath of June 24 fire at Euclid & McPherson
Just when the neighborhood seemed to be regaining its stride following 2 1/2 years of struggle, a 3-alarm fire broke out in the early morning hours on Friday, June 24 in one of the most iconic buildings in the CWE at the southeast corner of Euclid and McPherson. According to an article in the St….