In this episode Alyssa tells Hugh about the “State Street Mall.”  He spends a lot of time, rightfully baffled.

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Show Notes: 

• ⁠Chicago Tribune: Flashback: The State Street Mall, billed as a car-free shopping mecca, started with high hopes but ended in failure and bus fumes⁠
• ⁠Chicago Tribune: The failure of the State Street Mall⁠
• ⁠Chicago Tribune: Stiltwalkers, a high-diving mule and other efforts to make State Street great again⁠
• ⁠Governing: The Strange, Troubled History of Pedestrian Malls⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Opinion of the The People⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: McDonough Opposes State Street Mall Day⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: New Plan’s Face Lift for Chicago⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Council Unit gets State Street Mall Plan⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Daley Seen Pushing State Street Mall⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Plan Commission Oks State Street Mall⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Pick South Loop for College⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Federal Aid? ⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Building Industry’s Decline Expected to Last Two Years⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Projects that Never Made It.⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Cows⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: State Street Squeeze⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: An Enviable Track Record⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: State Street Breakdown⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: How Those Central City Projects are Coming Along⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: State St. Mall One Step Closer⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Mayor OKs Mall revamp – Vows to help State St. business leaders⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: State St. Mall’s new look may be skimpy⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: $30 million State Street Mall boost⁠ ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: End of the road for State St. Mall – Daley calls it a `failure,’ backs return to full use⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: A great street, but a bad mall – `Failure’ spurs city to allow cars on State⁠
• ⁠Chicago Sun-Times: Cars, Perhaps Trolley, To Replace State St. Mall