For 66 Years, Near North Side Barber Alfredo Fricano Has Taken Care Of Cardinals, Crooks, Daleys And More

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Original Load Date Oct. 3, 2022, 9 a.m.
Last Updated Oct. 3, 2022, 9 a.m.
Original URL https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/10/03/alfredo-fricano-says-hes-kept-no-secrets-in-66-years-cutting-mobsters-hair-on-the-near-north-side/

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NEAR NORTH SIDE — For nearly 66 years, Alfredo Fricano has cut hair on the Near North Side — for Chicago’s crooks and cardinals alike. The 84-year-old barber, now toupeed but forever jovial, remembers when the neighborhood only had one high-rise and haircuts were $1.75 a pop. Fricano’s old-school ...