The story
FBI agents gunned down Public Enemy Number One John Dillinger in the alley behind this theater.
Everything that was here
- 1914–present · still open
Victory Gardens Biograph TheaterTheater
FBI agents gunned down Public Enemy Number One John Dillinger in the alley behind this theater.
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Biograph Theatercrime-scene
While not directly Capone-related, represents broader gangster era. FBI agents shot John Dillinger outside this theater on July 22, 1934, after he watched 'Manhattan Melodrama.' Important for gangster era context. Now…
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Nearby history
The Red Lion Pub
2446 N Lincoln Avenue · 169 m away
John Barleycorn
658 West Belden Avenue · 279 m away
Demon Dogs
944 W. Fullerton Ave. · 299 m away
Biograph Theater
2433 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 · 299 m away
The Bakery
2218 N. Lincoln Ave. · 393 m away
Kelly's Pub
949 W. Webster Ave. · 527 m away
It opened the day after Prohibition ended and the Kelly family has never let go of it.
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