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  2. West Side Story - Wikipedia

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    West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood.

  3. List of Old West gangs - Wikipedia

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    The most notable shootouts took place on the American frontier in Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Some like the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral were the outcome of long-simmering feuds and rivalries, but most were the result of a confrontation between outlaws and law enforcement.

  4. Westies - Wikipedia

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    The Westies were a New York City-based Irish American organized crime gang, responsible for racketeering, drug trafficking, and contract killing.They were partnered with the Italian-American Mafia and operated out of the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.

  5. Three criminologists say the 1961 film 'West Side Story' popularized fictions about gangs — and wrongly influenced public opinion and public policy.

  6. List of gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century. In the late 1920s, Al Capone was the leader of the Chicago Outfit The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law ...

  7. Gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American prison gangs, like most street gangs, are formed for protection against other gangs. [61] The goal of many street gang members is to gain the respect and protection that comes from being in a prison gang. [61] [62] Prison gangs use street gang members as their power base for which they recruit new members. For many members, reaching ...

  8. Original 'West Side Story' stars George Chakiris and Russ ...

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    The original Bernardo and Riff look back on the 60th anniversary of "West Side Story" and look ahead to Steven Spielberg's new version. ... stare each other down in a scene from 1961's West Side ...

  9. Myles O'Donnell - Wikipedia

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    Myles O'Donnell was an Irish American bootlegger and mobster during the Roaring Twenties in Chicago during Prohibition.He was most famous for being the founder of the West-side O'Donnell Mob aka the Westside O'Donnells or West-side gang (no relation to the South Side O'Donnells, a rival gang).