Chapter 21
Bridgeport is a quintessential Chicago neighborhood. It had spawned the Dalys, city’s most influential and powerful political dynasty, and embodied the spirit of the Chicago—gritty and industrious. The neighborhood, nestled just south of the downtown area off the Dan Ryan Expressway, was made up of red and white brick buildings jostling one another for space, growing out of the concrete like weeds. There stood two- and three-flat apartment buildings, cars jacked up outside waiting for repair. Windows looked grimy, people scurried, and traffic jammed the streets.
This is the environment that spawned Abbott Lowery.
McGrew circled another block, searching for a place to park. Had Abbott played basketball on the playground to McGrew’s left? If McGrew had come down these streets t
