Was Marijuana Legal During Prohibition?
Was marijuana legal during the Prohibition Era in Chicago? Guests have asked some variation of that countless times when we’re discussing that time of gangsters and jazzy entertainment. They wonder – if people couldn’t drink booze, then could that at least get stoned? While recreational marijuana was newly legal in Illinois just about a year […]
Al Capone’s Chicago: 5 Sites He Actually Knew
Al Capone’s Chicago is a place of myth as much as fact. Oddly, it’s often reminded me of George Washington. Every sufficiently old building east of the Alleghenies claims that Washington slept there. Similarly, dozens of old buildings in Chicago seem to claim that Capone drank and/or killed someone there. With the 90th anniversary of […]
What’s Left of the Site of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?
The site of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is among the most infamous in Chicago history. Yet today, if one visits the Chicago neighborhood where it happened no physical relics or reminders remain of the legendary massacre. I set out to investigate what happened to the site and wound up discovering that remains of the […]