The boulevard sales in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago started up around the Sunday farmers market. They’ve since grown to include a small variety of yard salers, antique dealers, flea market sellers, and artists selling their wares. 
I set up a few folding tables and brought stuff to the last few sales of the season. It was a good time, and people were nice.
I heard that the local chamber isn’t pleased that the sales are going on. They may say it’s a traffic issue, or something, but the traffic is mostly already there for the farmers market. If anything, the sales might lead to more business for the produce vendors. Plus people just enjoy going to the sales. It’s like going to garage sales, but a bunch all in one place, which saves you from having to run all around. And in this economy, sales like this really help people out. I sold house wares, vintage odds and ends, and toys. People were glad to buy things there.
I hope the sales are allowed to keep going. The whole thing creates a vibrant and worthwhile part of the community. This is the way cities originally developed—a central market area where various vendors brought their goods to sell. It’s free and open, and based on being good neighbors, rather than adhering to regulations. To some people, it’s the best way to buy and sell and recycle.
“It’s free and open, and based on being good neighbors, rather than adhering to regulations.”
That’s most likely why the local chamber doesn’t like it.