Harrison's Barber Shop

CTL-E-0973 · Business · retail · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Long-running Woodlawn barbershop

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-060; source research type(s): Barbershop. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

http://www.chicagoreporter.com/in-chicagos-woodlawn-neighborhood-untapped-economic-opportunity/

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