Originally Posted by ChicagoNative (Post 1711643)

The 4th square is supposedly going to be down near Coleman, so in a nod to that fine institution, make it prison-themed with the actual square resembling a prison yard. The cocktail stands could be fashioned as guard towers. Have all the Village employees and service people dressed in prison guard and/or orange jumpsuit uniforms. Every evening’s entertainment would start with a performance by Village performance clubs doing Jailhouse Rock or Jailbreak before the bands start.

The businesses surrounding the square could be fronted by “cells” from which one could view the nightly goings-on. At least one restaurant could be styled as a prison mess hall. There would be a weekly food truck night where all the trucks are styled as paddy wagons from various cities.

As far as food, I’d like to see REAL Chicago tavern style pizza, hot dogs, and Italian beefs. Other food related would be a good bakery, breakfast joint, wine bar, coffee house, dessert bar, NY style deli.

And in a departure from clothing stores offering $80 polo shirts, how ‘bout a Dollar Tree, an artists’ studio for home decor, an Amazon pickup/drop off station, an Apple store.

Just spitballing’.

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix (Post 1711719)

New Orleans theme
Call it Vieux Carré
Fill it with buskers, street preachers, bums, tee-shirt shops, rip off bars, ghost tours, street artists, mule-drawn carriages, praline shops, and oyster bars.
Shucks, I'm just a little homesick.

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 1711788)

No political rallies or Scooter the DJ allowed within 1 mile of the square.

Originally Posted by charmed59 (Post 1712070)

Scooter already performs at Edna’s on the Green. (At the food trucks)

Originally Posted by charmed59 (Post 1712070)

Scooter already performs at Edna’s on the Green. (At the food trucks)

Originally Posted by l2ridehd (Post 1711697)

Needs to be somewhere South of the Turnpike. Call it Steamboat Springs. Have a real paddle wheel steamboat on a lake with a full casino on board. Make all the buildings and streets resemble New Orleans. With French balconies, lots of jazz music, street vendors, beignets, espresso, have a real madi gra and a real bourbon street. Outdoor artists every day, nightly entertainment would always be jazz, blues and honkytonk. Some really good french pastry shops, lots of seafood places, hurricane drinks with some Crawfish Etouffee and lots of BBQ. A couple of good bed and breakfast places vs a hotel or maybe a boutique hotel, and it has to have lots of cops who always look the other way. And of course lots and lots of golf cart parking.