Lincoln Park Gino's East.
On our way back from Minnesota we had to stop in Chicago. We stopped at Lincoln Park Zoo which is free zoo just north of downtown Chicago. We also stopped and had a deep dish Chicago pizza at Gino's East in Lincoln Park. On the way to the pizza parlor I saw the Biograph Theater where the gangster John Dillinger was killed. I had to get some pictures there definately.
Chloe makes a good monkey!
That human looks really familar!
I didn't know apes slept like this!
Chloe's new friend.
Rena loves elephants.
Lincoln Park Zoo.
arbitrarium in Lincoln Park.
Lincoln Park, arbitrarium in the background.
Chloe outside Lincoln Park Zoo.
Shelby and I outside The Biograph Theater, in Lincoln Park where John Dillinger, the notorious gangster was gunned down July 22, 1934 by the FBI. We just missed Johnny Depp filming in Chicago for his upcoming role as John Dillinger in Public Enemy. Link below to the blog about this movie.http://johnnydeppreads.blogspot.com/2008/07/johnny-depp-and-public-enemies-motivate.html
John DillingerDate of Birth June 28 1902, Indiana
Date of Death July 22, 1934, Chicago, Illinois
Birth Name John Herbert Dillinger
Nickname The Jackrabbit
Gentleman John
Height 5' 7"
"I don't smoke much, and I drink very little. I guess my only bad habit is robbing banks."
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226926/bio
Public Enemy number one!The fledgling FBI's J. Edgar Hoover declared Dillinger "Public Enemy #1" - the first time such a designation was used.
We also missed by one day "John Dillinger Day" or known around Lincoln Park as "JOHN DILLINGER DIED FOR YOU" on this day fans of Dillinger make the walk from the front of the Biograph Theater to where he was gunned down in the alley near the theater.
We also missed by one day "John Dillinger Day" or known around Lincoln Park as "JOHN DILLINGER DIED FOR YOU" on this day fans of Dillinger make the walk from the front of the Biograph Theater to where he was gunned down in the alley near the theater.
My grandpa Miller's first cousin Cecil Miller, Winchester, Indiana about 1925, small time gangster himself. 
Click article to enlarge the photo. Cecil Miller 1930 robbery and jail break. A story that has circulated in our family is that Cecil Miller was aquainted with John Dillinger and that while Dillinger was wanted by the FBI he spent some time hiding out at the home of Cecil Miller's family near Winchester, Indiana. Obviously there is no way to confirm this story.
Gino's East Pizza in Lincoln Park.
MMMM...look at that deep dish Chicago Pizza!!! 
heading home.
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