He's a figurehead, if that, until Richie Martino comes home next summer. But for obvious reasons, Richie is close to the kid. So he'll be okay.

Near the old A&M bakery, right?

And yes, Wakefield had loads of Italians back then, but it wasn't a "stronghold" like Belmont or Pelham Bay. But Carpenter Avenue, from the hospital all the way up to the Mount Vernon line, was full of private houses owned by Italians. Today that area is 90 percent Haitian and Jamaican. You can't even walk the steets at night.

Not sure about "Mongo," unless they mean Big Mike. He had a few numbers stores in that neighborhood that he ran for the Westside.


That's correct, Jonny. Although Woodlawn is actually on the Yonkers line, it's still clearly the Bronx. But it's a little more middle class than the area you described in Chicago. Lots of families and private houses.

Well, it's subjective I guess. I haven't spent all that much time in those neighborhoods but where I've been they pretty much feel like your typical stripmall laden lower-average middle class suburb. But, to each their own.

Thanks for the info, it sounds about right considering he'll have done 9 years and made stupid amounts of money for the family, it's the least the Administration could do.

I would retire if i was him, he has to be one of the richest mobsters alive. Sally Loc had the right idea.

Good thread, really enjoyed reading this some great posts from PB.

I'm sure there was a Cagney flick set in Canaryville, 'Angels With Dirty Faces' was set in HK. Which one was Canaryville?

I got lucky, Sean. We all know that I'm not too bright, but I am passionate about my hometown .

Never heard that but "Shameless," the TV show is set there, though it is actually filmed (when they film in Chicago and not LA) in Lawndale, which is a black neighborhood nearby. I don't know why. Must just look more like what they want.

Your sharp enough PB I've been around this site long enough to know that. And when it comes to the Bronx your the damn oracle of the BB far as I'm concerned.

It’s really a different place. It is hard-core inner city, but people describe it as a white ghetto, and that’s not really the truth. I doubt the people there, most of them anyway, make much money, but the lawns and houses are very well kept for the most part and the people are pretty clean cut looking. Totally family oriented. At least the adults. The kids from what I’ve seen tend to be clad head to foot in black Sox gear. In any event, there is not much crime there at all, including no murders in at least five years, while the several of the surrounding areas are war zones.