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Flashpoint: The Turf War in Uptown
Chicago Elections 2011 ^ | 11/18/2010 | Michael Volpe

Posted on 11/20/2010 8:21:02 PM PST by chitownguy

This pantry across the street from the JJ Peppers on the Northeast side of the corner of Lawrence and Sheridan in Uptown is one of about a dozen corners in Uptown widely suspected to be a flash point for drug dealing. Ironically enough, this meeting point for street dealers is only a block away from two of the anchors of Uptown, the Aragon Ballroom and the Green Mill. (the Green Mill once played host to the original gangster, Al Capone, who counted it among his favorite spots)

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TOPICS: Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: pstones; uptown; vicelords

1 posted on 11/20/2010 8:21:06 PM PST by chitownguy
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To: chitownguy

TURF WAR!!! Those doggone middle and upper middle class whites. Real criminal element!!!


2 posted on 11/20/2010 8:51:20 PM PST by Oldpuppymax
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