Friday, December 13, 2019

How Fulton Market lost the last of its grit

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By: Ryan Smith | 12/11/19 | Chicago.Curbed.com

Tucked away in a back alley in Chicago’s hottest neighborhood lies the city’s least-known parcel of holy ground. The rear of the three-story brick warehouse on the 1100 block of West Fulton Market Street is the unlikely home of the Fulton Vortex, a swirling concentration of energy akin to the metaphysical phenomena that attracts new-age tourists to Sedona, Arizona. The vortex’s vibes provide positive, perhaps even healing powers to those who venture near it. That’s according to the urban legend propagated by the owners of Mars Gallery and Jupiter Outpost—the celestial-sounding former tenants of the building—and the artists, musicians, and loft-dwellers that once lived in the neighborhood. Read More....

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