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Down the drain: Gas station owner faces crisis as McCormick closed for sewers

  • Date: July 19, 1981
  • Source: Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, July 19, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1
  • Author: Simons, Lee
  • Summary: Shirak Housepian owns a gas station at the corner of Howard and McCormick. The Metropolitan Sanitary District closed McCormick between Howard and Oakton and Housepian says his business has since dropped at least 65%.
  • Business - Automobile service stations and gas stations
    Housepian, Shirak
    Streets - Maintenance and repair
    Metropolitan Sanitary District
    Sewers and sewage disposal