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Chicago's foreign-born Italian population was 16,008 in 1900 and peaked at 73,960 in 1930. [6] The largest area of settlement was the Taylor Street area, but there were also 20 other significant Italian enclaves throughout the city and suburbs.
The first Italian to come to what would become Chicago was Enrico (Henri) Tonti, who was from Gaeta in Lazio region of central Italy. He was a soldier in service of the French. In the Fall of 1680, Tonti was in the la Salle Expedition and 2nd in command of the company. He and Father Membré, passed through the Chicago portage from the Illinois ...
Tri-Taylor Historic District. / 41.87028°N 87.68333°W / 41.87028; -87.68333. The Tri-Taylor Historic District is a historic district in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district is primarily residential and includes over 400 buildings. Most of the district's buildings are rowhouses, and almost all are from the ...
Some sources have the Jousters forming in the 1960s, but evidence has come to light recently, that seems to point to the fact that the Taylor Street Jousters started in the 1950s, around the area of Taylor and Oakley in Little Italy, Chicago, Illinois. One piece of that evidence is a photograph of members called Little Bill and Big Bill at the ...
Inside the Italian Hotel That's Charmed Everyone from Greta Garbo to Taylor Swift. Adam Rathe. June 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM.
Taylor Stoddard, Juliana Ukiomogbe. August 2, 2024 at 11:00 AM ... Chicago is a great place to be year-round, but there’s something about a Chi-town summer. ... Joe Flamm brings Italian-Croatian ...
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By the early 1980s, the Gaylords ranked as the third most prominent gang in Chicago, boasting 6,000 members. On the West Side, they controlled sections at Ohio and Noble, Ohio and Leclaire, and Monticello and Augusta. Their South Side territory included Back of the Yards and West Englewood (around 55th and Ashland, Sherman Park), Pilsen (18th ...