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The Mifflin Street Block Party is an annual ... a star forward for the Chicago ... one house received $25,000 in fines for "selling alcohol without a permit." ...
Block handily won the Republican primary over three other Republican candidates. [5] Block, at the time, was the city's sole Republican alderman (among 50). [4] He had been elected an alderman two years prior. [13] Block was the first mayoral candidate since Martin H. Kennelly to be a resident of Edgewater. [11]
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.
Young women walking by the King Von mural on the infamous “O Block” on S. Martin Luther King Dr. on Chicago’s South Side. King Von was a drill rapper and a Black Disciples gang member who ...
On Sept. 1, the city's block party detail cleared out a party at the Quarter Pass 7 rental hall on Greenfield south of Seven Mile around 2 a.m., Detroit Police Deputy Chief Arnold Williams said in ...
To apply for the permit and see proper guidelines residents can find them here. Only houses and block clubs registered with the Community Access Center are permitted to submit a block party ...
Although Chicago authorities and the media had anticipated 100,000 anti-war protesters to converge on Chicago during the week of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, [2] an estimated 9,000 to 10,000 protesters arrived in the city on August 22–23 to participate in the demonstrations.
A block party or street party is a party in which many members of a single community congregate, either to observe an event of some importance or simply for mutual solidarity and enjoyment. The name comes from the form of the party, which often involves closing an entire city block to vehicle traffic or just a single street.