Another tidbit. I used to own a frame shop on Lincoln and Montana during the Reagan years...you may have seen it. I had a help wanted sign out as did the bar,the coffee shop and the restaurant across the street. I used to marvel that I could throw a rock and hit a help wanted sign. Now you can walk the whole 20 miles of Lincoln Ave and the only help wanted sign.
you’ll see is the minimum wage night shift at Dunkin Donuts.
I'm not terribly familiar with that part of the city. Been up that way maybe a handful of times the last 20 years or so. I live out in Will County and commute into the City Mon-Fri for work. I don't get outside the immediate "loop" area very much. Boundaries for me are Jackson on the south and Wacker on the North, Canal on the West and Michigan ave. on the East. Don't get outside that box much.