Chicago Neighborhoods - Water Street Market Traditional Geocache
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Chicago Neighborhoods - Water Street Market
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Once a bustling commercial market it has been transformed into one of the newest neighborhoods in Chicago. Stop by and see.
A little history...
For the early morning visitor, Water Street Market is a walk on the wild side.
Forklifts charge from behind plastic-stripped door-ways like iron toros bravos in a Spanish bullring. Sections of the sidewalks are so unmatched in height, there are moments when you feel you could use rappelling equipment to traverse them.
But you are forced to hoof it, because parking is so scarce you have to leave your car five blocks away. Besides, some of the potholes here are so big, you might just free-fall into them.
You feel like a test pilot maneuvering around semi-trucks loading or unloading frozen chickens and other foodstuffs parked wherever they please -- no way to know what is advancing from the opposite direction.
The visitor, who is seeking the other, aesthetic identity of the street, is asked several times as she passes workmen if that is her late-model silver sedan parked at a corner curb. She is ordered to move it, even after denying ownership thrice.
This is Water Street Market once a part of Chicago's wholesale food supply chain, where truckloads of produce arrive daily to supply the city's restaurants. This is where Morlen Sinoway, owner of the eponymous design atelier, moved five years ago.
There is a new Water Street Market on the south side near 55. Be on the watch for a new cache there!
A Huge Thanks goes out to Just Us Two for the info on the market! You'se guys rock!
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