What is the history of North Paulina Street north of Montrose in Chicago?
That area of Paulina was where I grew up. Back from 1970 thru 1990, the area was rough and on a downward spiral. The aforementioned gangs did exist, but are long gone. My best friend still lives on Hermitage and Montrose and has seen that area gentrify to the point where there are now million dollar properties there. I believe the gang members from back then are either in Jail or dead. There is a “Gaylords” website that I found. Its actually rather well put together. Oh by the way we, The Chase Park Boys” owned the Chase Park-Our Lady of Lourdes area back then. Most of us are now cops. Go figure……
