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Every Main Street Signal story
Filter by the civic, cultural, and small-business work that makes a neighborhood feel legible.
Culture
4 stories
Artists, venues, food, books, and the reasons people love living here.
Main Street
Culture
006
The bookstore that made Tuesday night work
No. 00637 min
The bookstore that made Tuesday night work
Tessa Owens on turning a quiet weekday into the district's most reliable gathering.
Tessa Owens · Juniper Books
Main Street
Business
005
Breakfast sandwiches and teen jobs
No. 00532 min
Breakfast sandwiches and teen jobs
Diego Chen on using a cafe apprenticeship to make first jobs less random.
Diego Chen · Third Rail Coffee
Main Street
Culture
004
The empty lot that became The Yard
No. 00444 min
The empty lot that became The Yard
Alina Shaw on permits, folding tables, murals, and making a weekend market stick.
Alina Shaw · The Yard
Main Street
Culture
001
Why the neighborhood needed a signal
No. 00131 min
Why the neighborhood needed a signal
June Carter and Tessa Owens on starting a show that is useful before it is popular.
Tessa Owens · Juniper Books