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The upper floors of the Cacciatore family’s eight-story brick office building at Wells and Congress offer a perfect view of Oscar D’Angelo Park just across the street.
For some members of the Cacciatore family, that was a source of irritation: being stuck with a view of a park named for D’Angelo on what they considered their South Loop turf.
After nearly three decades of suffering, they asked the Chicago Park District to rename the park for their family patriarch.
Thus was borne one of the most unusual attempted bribery allegations in memory.
In a recent federal indictment, prosecutors accuse government affairs consultant Roberto Caldero of promising $50,000 in campaign contributions from the Cacciatores to then-Ald. Danny Solis (25th) in exchange for Solis arranging an honorary street name designation for one deceased Cacciatore family member and renaming the park for another.
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Nearly 1 million Americans will hang a miniature portrait of a somber and contemplative President John F. Kennedy on their Christmas tree this year.
The replica of the posthumous official portrait of the slain president serves as the official 2020 White House Christmas ornament.
I’ve already hung mine. And I’d say the Kennedy ornament, more than any of its predecessors, highlights the peculiarities of what has become a fond holiday tradition for my family and many others.
The official White House Christmas ornament began in 1981 as a fundraising vehicle for the White House Historical Association.
Every year since, the association has issued a new ornament commemorating a president’s time in office or marking a significant milestone in White House history.