“The business of knitting and crocheting seems headed into a downward cycle,” says Tangled Web Fibers owner Elin Thorgren, who’s closing up on OP Ave. across from St. Edmund Church, adding, “And you know, there are some things going on in Oak Park, development-wise, that make it untenable to try to ride out the storm.” Of course. A biggie is coming across the street and down the block that will utterly transform the OP-South Blvd. corner.
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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by. View all posts by Jim Bowman
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