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…
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…
Snapshots from recent Gallery Openings on McPherson
There were two gallery openings on McPherson on Friday, June 24, the same day as the early morning fire that shuttered multiple businesses a few doors west at the corner of McPherson and Euclid. While it was hard to process that the once bustling corner was sitting empty while steps away the galleries were teeming…