"The coolest thing I've ever made"
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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
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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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
@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
@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/
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Love this!
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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.
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Interesting history stories!!!!
Fun reading!!!
@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.
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