jan 4, 1959 - 1950 - 1959 AMBROSE EST.

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Ambrose were formed by an Italian youth in the Near West Side neighborhood over in the Little Italy section along Taylor Street in about the mid-1950s in order to battle against the Italian street gangs that dominated that strip. The gang took in Hispanics from the start and viciously battled gangs like the Royal Kings and Taylor Dukes.

There is solid evidence that Ambrose was around as far back as March of 1959 when a social services report listed a gang called “Ambrose” that was served by the Hull House which is located at 800 S. Halsted in the Near West Side neighborhood in the Little Italy/University Village section which is right in the old neighborhood.

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