A shopper's guide to South Side on Lamar

Exposed brick. Worn hardwoods. Walls of floor-to-ceiling windows. All in a landmark building and urban neighborhood that's still rough enough around the edges to keep rents reasonable. There's no better setting for artists to live, work and sell their wares.

Which means some pretty great shopping for the rest of us.

In the decade since South Side on Lamar's transformation from Sears catalog merchandise center to retail-residential development and National Historic Landmark, the 1910 building has become a hub for young creatives. Jen Rose of Hip Hazel Hoops teaches hula-hoop dancing on the roof. Tsada Yoga Studio students practice sun salutations and shoulder-stands on the seventh floor. The first-floor's Artists' Residences are home to, among others, Musica for the World music studio and safari-leading photographer Roger "Mzungu" Moore.

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