"The coolest thing I've ever made"

[jodi]

That is so awesome.

[George K]

@kluurs said in "The coolest thing I've ever made":

the house in River Forest with a working train like that.

I had no idea.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-elite-street-river-forest-train-house-0911-biz-20160907-story.html

[AndyD]

Fantastic inspirational even.
I've been thinking of getting some Hornby stuff to go with childhood Triang trains.
I wonder who he refers to when he says 'we'; wife or friends

[kluurs]

The house with the train was (is?) for sale. They had a spur so that they could load groceries from the garage and take them by train to the house.

[George K]

@George-K said in "The coolest thing I've ever made":

https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-elite-street-river-forest-train-house-0911-biz-20160907-story.html

https://patch.com/illinois/oakpark/terrifying-taxidermy-house-river-forest-gets-makeover

It sold in 2016.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/846-Ashland-Ave-River-Forest-IL-60305/3744972_zpid/

Real estate taxes, about $48K.

[George K]

It's about 4 blocks south of the "modest" ranch home that Tony ("Joe Batters") Accardo lived in. I know the guy who bought it from Accardo.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1173875#p1173875

[kluurs]

GIven the towns we live in, we would appear to love real estate taxes.

[kluurs]

@George-K BTW, you used to live pretty close to a local member of the "family" - did you know Burt? I became friends with Burt. It was fun to go to a restaurant with him and his mistress. We'd be seated immediately - food came immediately - and never a bill.

[George K]

@kluurs said in "The coolest thing I've ever made":

Burt?

Nope, Burt who?

But I walk past Frank Nitti's home frequently.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in "The coolest thing I've ever made":

Frank Nitti

It's funny how unassuming the house is. Not very Don Corleone at all.

I occasionally cycle past the house of Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme, who lived in the next town over, and it's even less prepossessing.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in "The coolest thing I've ever made":

Not very Don Corleone at all.

Nitti was middle-management. He was muscle for Capone.

When you get into the upper echelons, like Tony ("Joe Batters") Accardo, you lived in something like this:

For some fun reading, look up what happened to the asshats that decided to break in and burgle the place.

https://themobmuseum.org/blog/boosting-the-boss-tony-accardo-robbed/

[Optimistic]

Love this!

[George K]

@Optimistic said in "The coolest thing I've ever made":

Love this!

The trestle or the mob houses?

[kluurs]

My neighbor in Riverside broke the Sam Giancana story for the Tribune. He was friends with the police chief who gave him the whole story - and didn't share with anyone else. Weldon and his wife Bobbie were great neighbors. In her mid 90s, she could recite poetry and had the spirit of a teenager.

[taiwan_girl]

Interesting history stories!!!!

Fun reading!!!

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in "The coolest thing I've ever made":

Fun reading!!!

Check out my linked comments at the old "New" Coffee Room.

Just amazing stuff. Like from the movies.