Little Village Discount Mall vendors see drastic declines in shoppers, sales

Daniela China, a vendor at the Little Village Discount Mall, sits inside her stall inside the neighborhood icon on West 26th Street. China felt lucky to be on the side of the mall that remained open, but felt even then that business wouldn’t be the same. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

When half of the Little Village Discount Mall closed in March, Daniela China felt lucky her stall was on the side of the mall that remained open, but she had a sense then that things still wouldn’t end well.

“I was very grateful,” she said, “but I did have many concerns, because we all work as a team.”