David Alexander at American Haircuts in Atlanta. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg) Vehicles travel along a nearly empty highway in Atlanta. (Lynsey Weatherspoon/Bloomberg) Pedestrians pass in front of customers sitting in the outdoor dining area of a restaurant in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago in November. (Taylor Glascock/Bloomberg) Published December 13. 2020 12:01AM By MICHAEL SASSO and ANDRE TARTAR, Bloomberg Get the weekly rundown Email* Submit The Chicago Loop Alliance, which promotes the downtown core, rolled out a Back-to-Work website in early October encouraging workers to put on slacks again and try returning to the office. Its hope was short-lived. Covid-19 came roaring back in Chicago within weeks of the campaign's launch, and the alliance quickly toned down the program. "The hard push to get people to come back has definitely softened, for now," said Jessica Cabe, a spokeswoman for the group.