IF YOU GO TO THE CORNER OF LAWNDALE AND ALTGELD, STAND ON THE CORNER AND LOOK WEST, TOWARDS THE CHURCH. THEN WALK TOWARDS THE
CHURCH. THEN STOP BY THE ALLEY THATS BETWEEN LAWNDALE AND RIDGEWAY. DONT MOVE AT ALL. THEN LOOK LEFT, TOWARDS FULLERTON, ALL THE
WAY ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THAT ALLEY, CHIEF GL WAS KILLED THERE. THEN LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU, TOWARDS RIDGEWAY. YOULL SEE THE CHURCH AND
THE CORNER ITS ON, LIL ROCKER WAS KILLED THERE ON THAT SPOT. DONT MOVE AT ALL DURING THIS. THEN TURN AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY DOWN THE OTHER
ALLEY TO THE RIGHT OF YOU. STRAIGHT DOWN THIS ALLEY AND ABOUT ANOTHER BLOCK DOWN SPY WAS KILLED. ONE LAST THING. TURN ALL THE WAY AROUND,
BEHIND YOU AND LOOK TOWARDS ST.LOUIS AND ALTGELD, KATO GL WAS KILLED THERE. YOU HAVE JUST MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
L-A WAS A WAR ZONE FOR REAL. ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT GAYLORDS DIDNT GIVE A GREAT BATTLE FOR THAT HOOD SHOULD TELL IT TO THE SPIRITS
WHO ARE PROBABLY STILL THERE.
LAWNDALE AND ALTGELD
Lords of Lawndale
Thee Almighty
Lawndale and Altgeld Gaylords
We came, We Saw, We Conquered!
Rulers of Fullerton
THIS IS QUOTED BY A LAGLN FOUNDER: "In 1969 we started the Lawndale Lords. After that, we became a power to be noticed. The Taylor Street Jousters approached
us and asked us to join them."
"From the beginning we ruled ourselves by forming a counsel of seven, so as there could never be a tie on all club decisions."
"We thought through the Jousters offer. We went with the Jousters to fight against Hass Park at Fullerton and California.
There was six Jousters and forty Lawndale Lords. So, we decided otherwise about joining the Jousters. We also had no real quarrel with Hass Park and we had the control."
"Then we were approached by The Kilbourn Park Gaylords to join them."
"Both clubs had contacted us through our members at various high schools."
"After partying, and gangbanging with the Kilbourn Park Gaylords against enemy clubs, I decided that instead of all becoming Kilbourn Park Gaylords,
that we would start our own section on the original corner of Lawndale and Altgeld. We took a vote and decide to join, thus becoming the Almighty Lawndale And Altgeld Gaylords."
"This has been bothering me and on my mind for 40 years: the Gaylords that were killed and died on lawndale had to be the most of any section. I mean died in battle for the club during our control of Lawndale, not the aftermath of drugs, booze, accidents, and age.
More of my men died for us for Lawndale. We had lost more members to death than some sections had members. That is like everyone had died and no one was left. To this day its on my mind that these guys never
got married, had kids, were parents, had grand kids, or there family name carried on. There is and would have been for those who passed on and those that survived that at the time we all thought that was the right thing to do."
Sincerely AND WITH PRIDE - THEE ALMIGHTY LAWNDALE & ALTGELD GAYLORDS
Membership 1969 to 1976: 118 Members
RIP Little Rocker
Lawndale and Altgeld Card Show
The Lawndale and Altgeld card movie displays a collection of club cards created by members of the L-A set from the
early 1970s through the 1990s. The Lawndale and Altgeld section also includes the set St. Louis and Altgeld. See St. Louis and Altgeld.
It's kind of funny, at times I catch myself looking back on those days with fondness but the truth is there was nothing nice about it. It was a life and death struggle,
no doubt about that. Often me and my partners were homeless and hungry not to mention
the abuse and beatings doled out by the police on a regular basis.
I've never really given much thought as to why, maybe for reasons deeper than
I care to think about, I never made an honest wholehearted attempt at takin myself
outta that situation. I don't think I wanted too. We got Tall respect. We werent
just any Gaylords we were LAWNDALE GAYLORDS and we all knew it as did friend and
foe alike.
In fact I was convinced that at one point I would be killed and it didn' t bother me a bit. Shit when I was shot it came as a relief and more than a little disappointing
when I realized it was'nt a fatal wound. No doubt others were equally disappointed
but thats ok. I knew and still know the BROTHERS who were truly on my team and will
always be proud to call them such both the ones still breathing and of course those
not. Player
Manson, Player, Smiley and Flea
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