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William Morris " Flukey " Stokes (December 12, 1937 – November 19, 1986) was an American reputed mobster from Chicago, Illinois. Stokes was from the South Side and well known for his silk suits, [9] diamond rings, and flamboyant lifestyle [10] as a drug trafficking kingpin and pool hall owner. [11] Stokes immortalized himself in Chicago by ...
Jun 12, 1972. Community organizer and writer; considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. Born in Chicago. [3] Myrtle Bachelder. Mar 13, 1908. May 22, 1997. Metals chemist and Women's Army Corps officer; worked on the Manhattan Project. University of Chicago professor; lived and died in Chicago.
Mount Sinai Hospital, formerly at times known as Mount Sinai Medical Center, is a 319-bed [citation needed] major urban hospital in Chicago, Illinois, with its main campus located adjacent to Douglass Park at 15th Street and California Avenue on the city's West Side. [1] The hospital was established in 1912 under the name Maimonides Hospital ...
The Street People was an R&B / disco group from New Jersey who first began recording in 1974. [1] They were produced by Ray Dahrouge, and initially recorded for Spring Records, but their first single flopped. After switching to Vigor Records, they released a full-length self-titled album in 1976 and had several hit singles on the US Billboard R ...
Graffiti piece by the defunct 49th & Honore set of the Gangster Disciple Nation on West 50th Street and South Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL. Chicago is considered the most gang-occupied city in the United States, with 150,000 gang-affiliated tenants, [1] representing more than 100 gangs. [2] Gang warfare and retaliation are common in Chicago ...
Hospitals in Illinois. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center now called Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago is a 414-bed general medical and surgical Catholic teaching hospital in Chicago, Illinois. [1] Established in 1852, the hospital was the first chartered hospital in Chicago. In 1859, Mercy Hospital became the first Catholic hospital ...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Northwestern Medicine. Prentice Women's Hospital, a building of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Geography. Location. 251 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Coordinates. 41°53′41″N 87°37′19″W / 41.89472°N 87.62194°W / 41.89472; -87.62194. Organization.
Origins and history. The Almighty Gaylords Nation, founded in 1953, is one of Chicago's oldest street gangs, [4] originating in the West Town neighborhood at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Noble Street. Initially composed mostly of Italians, it also included some Mexican Americans, reflecting the ethnic diversity of the area, which was ...