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"The coolest thing I've ever made"

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  • kluursK kluurs

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

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    @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

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    "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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      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

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        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.

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          @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.

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

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              • George KG 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

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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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                • kluursK 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.

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

                  Burt?

                  Nope, Burt who?

                  But I walk past Frank Nitti's home frequently.

                  Screen Shot 2020-12-03 at 1.03.28 PM.png

                  "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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                    @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.

                    I was only joking

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                    • Doctor PhibesD 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.

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                      @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:

                      iu.jpeg

                      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/

                      "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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                        Love this!

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                        • OptimisticO Optimistic

                          Love this!

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

                          Love this!

                          The trestle or the mob houses?

                          "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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                            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!!!

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                              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                Interesting history stories!!!!

                                Fun reading!!!

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                                @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.

                                "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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