This Week at . . . Broadway Antique Market

It's located just north Hollywood on Broadway, which all sounds very glamorous, but really it's just an antique mall in Chicago, right? Edgewater? That doesn't sound like a very star-studded locale.

But Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson bought a dining room set there. And John Malkovich bought vintage clothing. Joan Cusack and Billy Corgan and Cindy Sherman and David Copperfield and Nate Berkus have all graced the 20,000 square foot Broadway Antique Market.

The space, a massive 20,000 square foot facility, has been visited by notables in the world of art, music, design and cinema. And every day it's visited by (just as) notable folks like you or me, by kids just out of college and furnishing their first apartment, by doctors looking for the perfect mid-century credenza, by costume designers and artistic directors looking to recreate the 60's or by people who just want to reject design cloning, shear their Dolly fur and create a space that reflects their unique DNA.

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The Broadway Antique Mall (BAM) rocks. It's easy to get sucked in. Don't stop if you only have a few minutes; give yourself an hour or two. It's like the Smithsonian . . . .with price tags. And it's so damn close for we lucky Chicagoans. You New Yorkers are also close as BAM just added a location there.

Here's my recommendation (please learn from my mistakes). When you need a desk or a chair or anything really, give yourself some time . . . breath with it a little bit, slow down . . . take a couple of hours and find what inspires you - avoid ubiquity. When you buy vintage, if you find out that one of your neighbors has the same thing, you'll get excited (a kindred spirit!) instead of annoyed. And your place will be cool and rare and truly "green", the design equivalent of the moss living on the shaded trunk of a giant Redwood.

The Broadway Antique Mart is located at 6130 North Broadway in Chicago. For questions, call 773-743-5444 or email antiques@bamchicago.com. You can also visit their websites:

Www.BAMchicago.com
www.BAMnewyork.com

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