Gracie Soto has long had a wishlist of improvements she would love to make to her family’s Anita Street Market.
The building at 849 N. Anita Ave. in historic Barrio Anita that started as a Chinese market in 1936 could use some fresh paint. She’d also like to install a gutter system, give some love to the green awning that shades the entrance, redo the porch and tackle the backyard so that she can host neighborhood gatherings.
“It’s a space for for my community that I am very grateful for and I want to be able to open up my doors to my tiendita (small store), not just the front door, but the back door, too, where people can come in here and … see what a hundred-year-old, beautiful building this is,” she said…