{"id":6926,"date":"2021-09-14T14:20:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T19:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=6926"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:48:55","slug":"que-pasa-con-chicago-little-village-discount-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/09\/14\/whats-happening-with-chicago-little-village-discount-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"El futuro del centro comercial de Little Village sigue siendo incierto un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s de su venta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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When customers want to find Juan Zarate\u2019s store, they just follow the sounds of parakeets.<\/p>\n

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For almost three decades, the Mexican immigrant has run the Chicago Pet Store<\/a> on the south side of the busy Discount Mall at 3115 W. 26th St. in Chicago\u2019s Little Village neighborhood. Situated in a plaza near the predominantly Latinx neighborhood<\/a>\u2019s iconic arch, the mall is home to over 100 small businesses like Zarate\u2019s selling everything from rosaries to Quincea\u00f1era dresses to musical instruments to Mexican snacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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