SIX CORNERS BACKSTAGE GUIDE 9 (maps from CityofChicago.org; historical information from Wikipedia.org) 6 5 7 5. The busy Six Corners intersection in the Portage Park neighborhood that is this play’s namesake. The flashback scenes in the play take place at a bus stop here, though it’s difficult to determine exactly which one since there are eight total bus stops at this intersection (the four buses that run through Six Corners are #54, #54A, #56, and #80). Six Corner’s history as an urban center began in the 1840s, and by the 1980s, there were nearly 150 stores in the Six Corners district. While the shopping district has fallen on hard times in recent years, there are revitalization plans in the works. 6. The Sears store where Katie Yates last saw her mother. This store opened in 1938, and, as of 2017, it is the only remaining Sears store in Chicago city limits. 7. The Chicago Police Station where Perez and Moroni work, and where the majority of Six Corners takes place. This station is two miles directly south of the Western Brown Line CTA station where the murder Perez and Moroni are investigating takes place. The Portage Theater — a popular and historic movie theater at the Six Corners intersection The Sears store at the Six Corners intersection