Published on 08/13/09 in
Blog, News.
Exile from Podville

Picked up the
Chicago Reader and read Deanna Isaac's column,
As 4Art leaves for Bridgeport, yet another storefront in "Podville" goes dark. We are
very familiar with the history of the Pod Empire and have watched the so-called "Chicago Art District" lose the vitality it maybe once had. When Pod III decided to move artists out of Halsted and jack the rents up some 5 or 6 years ago he must have been struck by Richard Florida's
Creative Class Development Propaganda. Or perhaps he's just another real estate guy cashing in on the UIC Hustle. Isaac's column also features more dirt on the Chicago Art Coalition. Olga sure did leave a mess.