Bryn Mawr Bounces Back: How Edgewater’s Retail District Went From Pandemic Low To Renaissance – Block Club Chicago

This slew of closures was hardly unique in the city in the months during and after the pandemic. More than 4,400 Chicago businesses closed during that stretch; in the restaurant industry, almost a fifth of Chicago’s restaurants closed between March 2020 and August 2021. But Bryn Mawr Avenue also faced the rebuilding of the Red Line’s north branch, which saw the closure of the Bryn Mawr station and construction-related headaches for more than four years.