In the new issue of New Homes Magazine, which hits the street Friday and the ‘net today, Yo’s Alison Soltau looks at the changes new restaurants and retail have brought to Uptown and Edgewater, neighborhoods once thought to be way past their prime.
In Uptown and Edgewater, the commercial strips that have revived, or that show promise of reviving, include spots once among the most notorious in the area. Some still have a long way to go before clichés like “vital” and “thriving” get bandied about, but even these strips appear to be on track for luring new businesses to neighborhoods underserved by retail, restaurants and services.
Read more in “Retail therapy.” And then ponder this: what will the recent news that Borders may be closing its Uptown store mean for the neighborhood?