This block-long strip of pimped-out Victorian houses, painted in "look at me" shades like canary yellow, turquoise and scarlet, is a vintage clothing hub to be reckoned with.
When I first moved to Chicago -- before any of the students in this room were born -- (laughter) -- and a whole lot of people who are in the audience remember me from those days, I lived in a community on the South Side right up the block, but I also worked further south where communities had been devastated by some of the steel plants closing.