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Friday, August 12, 2011

When is the Dearborn Park Neighborhood Sale?

A reader writes:


Sloopin,


Might you know the date(s) of this year’s Dearborn Park neighborhood sale (the one that has been held in the small park behind Bar Louie in years past)? We have taken part in the sale in the past and want to do the same this year.


Thanks in advance for your help!


Another reader writes and has the same question:


Wondering if anyone knows it the Dearborn Park garage sale is happening in Dearborn Park this year. Last year it was in August.
Thanks!
(Hat tip: AK & AS)

Update - A reader just sent us this:

HUGE GARAGE
SALE SATURDAY AUGUST 20TH FROM 9AM-3PM
MULTI-FAMILY COME FIND TREASURES AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES
ENTER AT ALLEY ACROSS FROM 1212 SOUTH PLYMOUTH CT. Roosevelt@Plymouth ct

RAIN OR SHINE!
CHICAGO HOMES OF DEARBORN PARK

Please forward to your friends, family and our neighborhood.


(Hat tip: RAF!)


8 comments:

  1. ToddAugust 12, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    Sadly, Mary Schoonmaker, the organizer of the Dearborn Park garage sale passed away in April. Not to say someone else might plan it, but the hard to say. Here is an article about Mary. Sounds like a great woman: http://www.chicagojournal.com/Blogs/04-09-2011/Hail_Mary,_Queen_of_Dearborn_Park

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  2. MatthewAugust 12, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Thanks! This is great. I live in Dearborn Park. Can I participate? Please provide organizers name and contact info. Thanks!

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  3. Dennis McClendonAugust 15, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    South Loop Neighbors will probably adopt the event, and do it sometime in September (at least this year). If you want to volunteer to help, email president@southloopneighbors.org

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  4. AnonymousAugust 15, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    Is Dearborn Park even part of the South Loop? It's so closed off from the rest of the neighborhood, it seems separate.

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  5. MatthewAugust 16, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Anonymous@2:31,
    Your comment has nothing to do with the topic of a garage sale. If you'd like to debate the inclusion of Dearborn Park in the South Loop please do so on another forum.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 16, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Well, this does seem relevant, since "South Loop" Neighbors said they are taking over the Dearborn Park garage sale... and since this is a blog about the South Loop.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 16, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Here's map of the South Loop to answer your question and to clear up any confusion...
    http://www.sloopin.com/2008/11/sloopin-map.html

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  8. AnonymousAugust 17, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    Interesting video: Dearborn Park - did they have to blight the South Loop to save it?

    http://yochicago.com/dearborn-park-%E2%80%93-did-they-have-to-blight-the-south-loop-to-save-it/23500/

    Residents of Dearborn Park have been fighting pedestrian access to Dearborn Park since at least 2001... How neighborly!

    http://www.columbiachronicle.com/back/2001_spring/2001-01-08/campus5.html

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