Swap ’til You Drop: A look inside a South Side flea market
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Shoes for sale at Swap-O-Rama; Leah Reisman
Buyers beware: at the Ashland Avenue Swap-O-Rama, you can buy everything and the kitchen sink. Set just north of the once-booming Chicago stockyards, the flea market is a sea of vendors, shoppers, and products on a sunny Thursday; by noon, there’s a long line of bargain hunters waiting to pay the $1 admission fee. Inside, offerings range from costume jewelry to used power tools and all sorts of knickknacks, all for bargain prices. Less focused on antiques than some North Side markets, the Ashland Avenue market caters to a more everyday crowd: families stock up on fruits and vegetables while expectant mothers peruse hair dyes and baby clothes. Here it is possible to find a little bit of everything. Read the rest of this entry »
