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Rush Street is a one-way street in the Near North Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The street, which starts at the Chicago River between Wabash and North Michigan Avenues, runs directly north until it slants on a diagonal as it crosses Chicago Avenue then it continues to Cedar and State Streets, making it slightly less than a mile long. [1]
Mister Kelly’s was a nightclub on Rush Street in Chicago which existed from 1953 to 1975. From around 1956 until its demise, it was a springboard to fame for many entertainers, especially jazz singers and comedians. As reported in the Chicago Tribune, "It was a supernova in the local and
Beginning in 1957, Segal ran his showcase shows in what he later estimated was 63 different locations over the years. By the 1970s, Segal opened a formal club called the Jazz Showcase on Rush Street. He gave performers a five evening run with a Sunday show to encourage young people to attend.
Pezband played its first shows at small clubs in the Chicago suburbs, then advanced to performing on Rush Street, one of several large entertainment districts in Chicago. Singer Cliff Johnson was added to the lineup in early 1972. Playing venues such as Rush Up, they often performed five days in a row, four to five sets a night. [1]
Joseph Vincent "Caesar" DiVarco (July 27, 1911 – January 5, 1986) was a Chicago mobster with the Chicago Outfit who was involved in numerous street rackets.. He and Joe Arnold were partners in a local haberdashery during the 1960s. [1]
Over a 48-hour period last weekend, three shootings erupted within a mile of one another in Chicago’s downtown area, leaving two people dead. ... following a path from Rush Street to the Cloud ...
Paul Contos opened Chez Paul at Delaware Avenue off Michigan Avenue, but moved it into the Robert Hall McCormick II mansion in 1964 at 660 North Rush Street, [1] after refurbishing the building. The steps and pillars are marble, as is the mantel in the Louis Room, which was presented to McCormick when he was Ambassador to Italy by Victor ...
Arnie Morton opened his first restaurant, the Walton Walk, between Rush Street and Michigan Avenue in the 1950s. [4] This paved the way for a partnership with Victor Lownes and Hugh Hefner, launching the Playboy Club in 1960. [4] Morton was the right-hand man of Hugh Hefner when he launched the Playboy Empire on February 29, 1960. [6]