The block parties were great. And you are not alone

by Jack , Thursday, April 02, 2026, 12:02 (57 days ago) @ BillyGoat
edited by Jack, Thursday, April 02, 2026, 12:06

He did a phenomenal job at that parish, which when he took it over was just emerging from being the Skid Row parish. For those not aware, Skid Row was a block away on West Madison until the the early 80's when they started building the Presidential Towers, which was roughly when he first got there.

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theo-bros and Lentmaxxing - Jay, 2026-04-02, 10:33
- The thought just occurred to me - Jack, 2026-04-02, 11:41
  - It didn't work, at least for me. - omahadomer, 2026-04-02, 19:48
- Don't wanna get Christ-mogged - Captain Robb, 2026-04-02, 11:28
  - John 19:17-30 - ReginaldVelJohnson, 2026-04-02, 18:37
    - That's excellent. - beattherush, 2026-04-03, 05:28
    - This is disturbingly funny. - omahadomer, 2026-04-02, 19:48
  - lol - Jay, 2026-04-02, 15:17
- that 6PM mass at St. Joe's - Jay, 2026-04-02, 10:50
  - I thought of the same thing in Chicago - Jack, 2026-04-02, 11:43
    - That's been generational for sure. It was OSP back in the - BillyGoat, 2026-04-02, 11:49
      - Yes, those are the years I was talking about - Jack, 2026-04-02, 11:52
        
        My Dad got connected with Jack Wall very early on. So we'd - BillyGoat, 2026-04-02, 11:54
        
        The block parties were great. And you are not alone - Jack, 2026-04-02, 12:02
        
        Whoever ran those block parties - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2026-04-02, 15:12
        
        Well, it wasn't that hard. I think there were 4 major slots - BillyGoat, 2026-04-03, 07:12
        
        Yeah. I remember the neighborhood back then. And I'm - BillyGoat, 2026-04-02, 12:06

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The block parties were great. And you are not alone