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In the early 2010s, gang activity skyrocketed and Parkway Gardens became the center of one of Chicago's most violent blocks. The 6400 block of South King Drive was known locally as "WIIIC CITY", [12] but began to be referred to as "O'Block" following the 2011 murder of resident and Black Disciples member Odee Perry.
Washington Park (formerly Western Division of South Park, also Park No. 21) is a 372-acre (1.5 km 2) [2] park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, (originally known as "Grand Boulevard") located at 5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr. in the Washington Park community area on the South Side of Chicago.
1 Chicago Outfit (Al Capone Gang) 2 Valley Gang. 3 Genna Crime Family. 4 North Side Gang. 5 Chicago gang leaders. 6 Prohibition gangs. 7 Racketeers. 8 References ...
TDA members flashing gang signs and wearing their uniforms of choice — Chicago Bulls T-shirts and caps — could be seen outside the Standard Club migrant shelter downtown, where two local ...
Chicago cops are being trained on how to spot Tren de Aragua gang bangers as the vicious Venezuelan criminals traffic “pink cocaine” and rapidly expand their territory into the Windy City ...
Former Chicago gang mastermind Johnny Torrio was there from New York, as he had instigated "The Commission" in the first place. The conference was called for to work toward a united front among the nation's organized crime leaders while removing the "old" mafia and bringing in the "new" mafia, cooperation during Prohibition and gambling concerns.
Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [2] stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.
A 28-year-old man was listed in critical condition after being wounded overnight in an armed robbery at a gas station in the Washington Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 1:40 a.m ...