Gangs began fighting vicious and bloody wars over drugs in this complex by the 1980s as Gangster Disciples, Four Corner Hustlers, Imperial Insane Vice Lords, Traveling Vice Lords and Gangster Stones took over all the buildings. Henry Horner went downhill very fast and by the mid-1980s this project complex was already one of the most dangerous complexes in the city. It was not until the year 1981 that hell broke loose in this complex as the CHA was no longer able to fund most renovations leading longtime residents to move out of the complex and in their place came gangs and criminal elements especially since more vacant apartments were turning up that could be easily taken over by criminals and addicts. In the early years the Henry Horner projects were an ideal place to live and were very well maintained, while the nearby ABLA projects began facing deterioration and gang activity in the 1960s and 1970s, the Horner complex fared very well staying rather low on crime and the facilities were very clean and functional. In the year 1971, the Imperial Chaplains were completely conquered by the Vice Lords and became a branch of Vice Lords known as the “Imperial Vice Lords.” In 1975, they became the Imperial Insane Vice Lords and had a major presence in these buildings. ![]() Around this same time, the Gangster Stones were founded in the 150 Lake Street building that they called “The Fortress.” The Gangster Stones were a part of the Black P Stone nation, thus, putting the Black P Stones on the map in Henry Horner. In 1969, the Supreme Gangsters became the Black Gangster Disciples, thus, establishing Gangster Disciple presence in these buildings for years to come. In 1968, the Supreme Gangsters moved into these buildings from Englewood and began heavily recruiting in the extensions causing a major rivalry with the Vice Lords. The final stage was the Horner Annex which had 109 more units within one 7 story building and two more 3 story row houses which was completed in 1969.īy the mid 1960s, the Vice Lords had conquered the Clovers and had forced out the Egyptian Cobras and were overpowering the Chaplains. ![]() In the year 1961 the extensions were built by Quinn and Christiansen which had seven new buildings, four of them were 14 story high rises and the other three were 8 stories high, this extension consisted of 736 more units making Henry Horner to have a total of 1,656 units and a total of 18 buildings. In the year 1960 Vice Lords showed up in these buildings and became the dominant force. ![]() When the projects were first constructed the first gangs to colonize these buildings were the Egyptian Cobras, Imperial Chaplains and 14th Street Clovers, these were the three power houses in these buildings. Construction began on these projects that contained seven, 7 story tall buildings and four 16 story tall high rise buildings all with 920 units and was complete in 1957 by Skidmore, Owens and Merill a prestigious architectural firm that managed to get this all done on a very cheap budget, making these projects the cheapest built among other projects built between the late 1950s and all throughout the 1960s. The Henry Horner projects were named after the first Jewish governor of Illinois Henry Horner that served from 1933 to 1940, he died in office in 1940. ![]() Lake Street on the north, Washington Boulevard to Adams Street on the south, Hermitage Avenue on the east, Oakley Boulevard on the westįour Corner Hustlers Gangster Stones Vice Lords Gangster Disciples Imperial Chaplins 14th Street Clovers Mickey Cobras
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