We wrote this one for New Geography:
Barack Obama ran for President with his headquarters in downtown Chicago. Obama's election night victory speech was just blocks away in Chicago's Grant Park. To historians of organized crime both locations are located in a rather historical place: Chicago's old First Ward. This valuable plot of land is where Chicago's Democratic Machine and Al Capone's criminal organization both began. The connection between the two is of great historical significance. Why? Because the Chicago Mob is nothing but an outgrowth of the Chicago's old First Ward Democratic Organization.If you want to understand the ties between the Capone operation and the Chicago Democratic party, you'll want to read this one.
