Mireya Acierto

Andersonville Galleria

5247 N. Clark
773-878-8570

November 22, 2007

The Andersonville Galleria brings indie marketing to the north side, with nearly 50 craftspeople, designers, and artists renting retail space month-to-month in a newly rehabbed building just north of Foster. When the second floor opens next year, that number is expected to double. There’s a little bit of everything here: food (Terry’s Toffee, in flavors like “lemon paradise” and “lavenilla”), art (I particularly liked Scott Fishman’s color-saturated photographs, including one of a cloudy sky and its reflection in the curved surface of the Bean), and of course clothes and accessories. There’s some of the crafty fabric bags and ethnic bead necklaces endemic to street fairs, but not so much. I was tempted by Marrakech Treasures’ square leather bags—dyed in luscious shades of green, purple, and orange and adorned with etched metal hardware—and a T-shirt by Novem Studios with an image of Richie Daley and the legend “Mayor for Life.” The charmingly hippie-looking kids’ sweaters and dresses by LV Designs are hand-knitted on a circular needle, which means there are no seams and the clothes can stretch to fit a growing tot. Other local designers taking part include Lu-Dia Couture, whose double-breasted wool coats were on view when I stopped by, and milliner Marjorie Marshall. —Heather Kenny

Belmont Army Lakeview 855 W. Belmont	Phaiz West Town 673 N. Milwaukee	Andersonville Galleria Andersonville 5247 N. Clark	2 Sisters West Loop 1167 W. Madison
Golden Age Pilsen 1500 W. 17th	Pivot West Town 1101 W. Fulton	Charlotte Russe Loop 10 S. State	Renegade Handmade Wicker Park 1924 W. Division
Gray Old Town 1361 N. Wells	Florodora South Loop 330 S. Dearborn	A.Okay Official Lakeview 3720 N. Clark	Intermix Gold Coast 40 E. Delaware
Bess & Loie West Loop 1015 W. Lake	Gamma Player Wicker Park 2035 W. Division	Malabar Bucktown 1880 N. Damen	Mia Mora Logan Square 2639 W. Fullerton
Roslyn Bucktown 2035 N. Damen	Ouest West Loop 1063 W. Madison	Kaveri Lincoln Park 1211 W. Webster	Lissa on Maxwell University Village 729 W. Maxwell
TK Men Bucktown 1909 W. North	MNG by Mango Downtown Water Tower Place	Doggy Style Pet Shop Wicker Park 2023 W. Division	Sweden Shop Albany Park 3304 W. Foster
Permanent Records Ukranian Village 1914 W. Chicago	Michelle Tan Wicker Park 1872 N. Damen	Akira Bucktown 1814 W. North

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