Punk Rock History
One of the biggest Punk Rock Clubs of the 1970s was located in River North - perhaps fittingly called O'Banion's after the infamous hit on Dean O'Banion.
The River North neighborhood fell on difficult times starting in the 1960s with many families moving into the suburbs to escape urban blight. Many buildings were torn down and became parking lots. Crime was a dangerous part of daily life.
Assumption Church on Illinois Street during this time reported that many of its Parishioners had moved to the suburbs and that few people remained living within its Parish boundaries as established by the Archdiocese of Chicago. Assumption Parish survived during this time on Parishioners who traveled from the suburbs to attend Mass in the old neighborhood every Sunday.
Read more about this topic: River North Gallery District, Near North Side, Chicago
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