Month: July 2024

CHAPTER 39 of THE COOLEST SPOT IN CHICAGO: A HISTORY OF GREEN MILL GARDENS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF UPTOWN PREVIOUS CHAPTER / TABLE OF CONTENTS / NEXT CHAPTER (If you haven’t read the earlier “Joe and Jack” chapters, start with Part 1 of this four-part story.) Joe Lewis was released from the hospital sometime in December,… Continue reading Joe and Jack, Part 4: “The Man the Gangsters Couldn’t Kill”

CHAPTER 38 of THE COOLEST SPOT IN CHICAGO: A HISTORY OF GREEN MILL GARDENS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF UPTOWN PREVIOUS CHAPTER / TABLE OF CONTENTS / NEXT CHAPTER (If you haven’t read the earlier “Joe and Jack” chapters, start with Part 1 of this four-part story.) A man appeared at the Commonwealth Hotel’s front desk on… Continue reading Joe and Jack, Part 3: The Attack

CHAPTER 37 of THE COOLEST SPOT IN CHICAGO: A HISTORY OF GREEN MILL GARDENS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF UPTOWN PREVIOUS CHAPTER / TABLE OF CONTENTS / NEXT CHAPTER (If you haven’t read the earlier “Joe and Jack” chapters, start with Part 1 of this four-part story.) The Joker Is Wild does not say when Joe Lewis… Continue reading Joe and Jack, Part 2: “Guerrilla Warfare” and Green Mill Gigs

CHAPTER 36 of THE COOLEST SPOT IN CHICAGO: A HISTORY OF GREEN MILL GARDENS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF UPTOWN PREVIOUS CHAPTER / TABLE OF CONTENTS / NEXT CHAPTER It’s one of the most famous stories about the Green Mill: Entertainer Joe Lewis was performing there in 1927 when he decided to take his show to another… Continue reading Joe and Jack, Part 1: Showman and Hit Man