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Exile from Podville

banner_01Picked 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. Proximity Column End Marker