South Loop Bookstore, Other Businesses To Close NASCAR Weekend, Citing ‘Deep Concern’ For Public Safety – Block Club Chicago

The owners' post on social media said they were frustrated the city didn’t better communicate with business owners on the route ahead of the event, and are worried about the integrity of the 125-year-old building. “Our glass in our fiction room and our floor-to-ceiling windows is the original glass from the 1800s. It’s not meant to withstand hundreds of loops of vibrations and noise,” Kristin Enola Gilbert said.