The Grid - Textile Discount Outlet
Textile Discount Outlet, located at 2121 w. 21st Street, has helped sustain Chicago's creative classes with discounted fabrics and inspiration for over 30 years.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/textile-disco...
http://www.megafabrics.com
This video is part of The Grid -- http://www.gapersblock.com/thegrid -- a series profiling Chicago businesses, subcultures and landscapes. These short, lyrical documentaries aspire to be art cinema, ethnographies, and experiments in form.
Ben Kolak & Brian Ashby's directorial debut, Scrappers: http://www.scrappersmovie.com won Best Documentary at the 2010 Chicago Underground Film Festival and made Roger Ebert's list of top documentaries for that year. Dave Nagel is a recent University of Chicago graduate.