Neighbors: Closure of Walgreens in Bronzeville will disrupt many lives

CHICAGO (CBS) — Walgreens has revealed its five Chicago drugstores that will close next month—and one of those pending closures will be a blow to the Bronzeville community.

The following Walgreens stores will close between Monday, Feb. 17, and Thursday, Feb. 27:

  • 7111 S. Western Ave., Chicago Lawn.
  • 4005 W. 26th St., Little Village
  • 9148 S. Commercial Ave., South Chicago
  • 3405 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Bronzeville
  • 7109 S. Jeffery Blvd., South Shore

At the Bronzeville Walgreens location on King Drive off 35th Street in the Lake Meadows Shopping Plaza, there is a constant flow of people coming and going.

“Very busy, very busy,” said Edith Smith. “The line was just long for the medicine I had to get for myself.”…

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