[pennboricua]

I was there too where the Puerto Rican riots also took place in that scorching summer of 1968, Damen,Milwakee and North Ave.
Was on streets past curfew imposed by Daley and told by store owner that there was in fact an order to shoot those that would not comply with Police intructions.

[ladyL]

It was pretty much street knowledge that the Puerto Ricans were meaner than the Blacks. They were the only group the Blacks feared so your neighborhood must have been a lot of fun.

I was around Jackson Blvd. and Pulaski (Crawford Ave.). I saw two gang killings, on separate occasions, from my bedroom window. Unfortunately, my parents owned a big apartment building and they couldn't sell so we had to live in that neighborhood as the only white family for two years.

I saw a beautiful neighborhood destroyed almost overnight. It was very sad.