Platform (CLOSED)

Over on Highland Park’s eclectic York Boulevard, you’ll find Platform—part retail, part gallery, part consultancy service. It’s a place that is unique as it’s neighborhood. The shop is a fusion of affordable international finds for everything from bamboo tableware to uncommon storage—each one a conversation piece in its own right. On HP’s Second Saturday Gallery Nights, the owners feature rotating new up-and-coming artists, who are on hand and socializing with the locals. In addition, their prolific home staging business—in which they consult and coach potential home sellers, is booming.