Talk:Chicago/Near West Side

Closed
Had mixed reviews anyway - I wasn't sure if we should be recommending it. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 21:04, 16 October 2007 (EDT)



Push for Star
I don't think this article is terribly far from being a star, should we chose to so push. In any rate it would be good to do the following:


 * Add "understand" and "get around" sections (with neighborhood descriptions)
 * My MoS trigger finger is itching to reorganize those eat listings by price category 1st, neighborhood grouping 2nd
 * Pictures, of course
 * I also might take a quick internet spin to look for any additional buy listings

And that's it! --(WT-en) Peter Talk 05:03, 3 November 2007 (EDT)


 * I'm confident in the comprehensiveness of the listings, although if I missed anything, it's probably in 'Buy'. (Surely there's a decent record store around there somewhere.) Agreed on the pictures and Understand/neighborhood descriptions, and the map will make it easy to fine-tune the Get in, but what do you see happening with Get around?


 * I like having the Eat listings split by area, though, since food is the main attraction of this article - it's like separating Do into "Theaters" and "Parks". I think it's of the most use to a traveler that way...plus, the non Italian/Greek listings will get swamped. (If everything were to be combined, I think Budget goes to 14 or so, Mid-range gets up near 20.) (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 14:19, 3 November 2007 (EDT)


 * The Get Around sections are a little silly for the smaller districts, but it still is useful for readers who lack a good sense of scale to hear "you can easily cover the district on foot." And it couldn't hurt to list the 2-3 useful bus routes in getting from Greektown to Little Italy to United Center.


 * I definitely understand your point about the eat listings, and I had a problem with the way we force breakdowns by price in the past, but I've sort of come around now on that point. If we MoS them, they will look like Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown&mdash;they are still broken out by neighborhood, so that should keep Greektown from swamping the reader. I've become convinced that the (dis)advantages either way are marginal, and I think it would be good for consistency's sake to match the Bridgeport-Chinatown breakdown. We could change Chinatown to match this formatting style, but it's technically not MoS, so I don't know if that would be fair to do to a starred-article. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 14:46, 3 November 2007 (EDT)


 * Seems clumsy to me, but I don't want to bother lobbying for an MoS change. The New York Times Book Review is going to nail us for this, though, I'm telling you. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 20:01, 3 November 2007 (EDT)


 * Wait a second, forget the bit about the get around section--we haven't really been doing that, and it's not required for districts per MoS. I might just move existing get around content in the few articles that have the section back into "get in." --(WT-en) Peter Talk 04:24, 4 November 2007 (EST)

Moved in
They're not sure if they're going to hold regular shows - they've only done a one-off so far. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 15:09, 6 December 2007 (EST)



No response yet, and I'm not too optimistic. Shame though, I liked the sounds of the courtyard arts "festival." --(WT-en) Peter Talk 04:05, 8 December 2007 (EST)



Phone disconnected. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 21:00, 8 December 2007 (EST)



Opening soon
Opening September 11, 2009 &mdash; a former Pilsen gallery, so I've copied and updated the listing from there, to add when the date is closer. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 13:16, 15 August 2009 (EDT)



Fire in Greektown
Costa's was completely destroyed; the other two were damaged, but stand a better chance of re-opening soon. All are worthy entries, so let's keep an eye out for them. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 19:42, 1 February 2010 (EST)







Closed






I'm going to double-check tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure it's closed (sigh). (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 23:53, 13 September 2010 (EDT)



Another:



--(WT-en) Peter Talk 21:50, 25 February 2012 (EST)

Closed: (WT-en) Eco84 16:42, 31 May 2012 (EDT)



Oprah has left. There's still some production there, but I think the tourist interest is gone. Gorilla Jones (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2013 (UTC)



Bombon
I liked this place in Pilsen. It has apparently re-opened at 36 S. Ashland, but I haven't been to the new location yet. (WT-en) Gorilla Jones 12:46, 2 October 2010 (EDT)