Attacks, pandemic a 'gut punch' for famed Chicago district
Investors who were contemplating injecting money into commercial projects downtown are already pausing in the wake of the most recent looting, Edwards said. There was only a trickle of foot traffic on Michigan Avenue Wednesday during the sunny afternoon. Our fear is that those anemic but positive trends will stall with the looting this week, Edwards said. Many stores on Michigan Avenue were still boarded up. A large Chicago River tourist ship about to depart from under a Michigan Avenue bridge had just six passengers on deck.