14. Printer´s Corner
Unlike Butcher’s Row, Printer’s Corner still does brisk trade in its namesake business. Other businesses have moved into some of the closed or obsolete spaces, however, and the neighborhood has become one with restaurants, chain stores focused on home furnishings and clothes, trinkets and even a quirky independent book and music store. For two to three floors above the old print shops that make up much of the neighborhood, small and comparatively inexpensive (for downtown) office space is available. Beyond that, Printer’s Corner is a mixed-use neighborhood, meaning that above the shops and offices are apartments and condos. Despite its proximity to Three Corners, Printer’s Corner hasn’t quite kept a modern appearance, and it looks a bit run down to casual visitors. It’s also a little rough, and not every one of the handful of off-street businesses is making its money legally.
Background
Printer’s Corner used to be home to bookmakers in both senses of the word. Some of those illegal gambling parlors still operate in the neighborhood, and some have made the transition to legal OTB fronts in the 30 years since Printer’s Corner’s business was predominantly printing. It’s not crime that actively hurts anyone except the addicts, though, and the cops don’t pay it much attention unless static between the organized crime gangs that occasionally lean on the places threatens to get bloody. The neighborhood has long been a predominantly Eastern European area, with many immigrants from that region coming here and learning a trade, or making connections with someone who does have work for their specialties through the print shops.
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Mercantile Sector
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