House for Sale
Seems a bit pricey for the neighborhood though:
Want to own a notorious piece of Chicago history?
The modest, red-brick home once owned by Al Capone is expected to hit the market this spring for an estimated $450,000, marking a new chapter for the infamous South Side landmark that has had just two owners since the death of Capone's mother in 1952.
There have been pictures of the house here and there over the years. We don't recall it being anything special aside from the previous owner. The article states that Scarface didn't spend too much time there anyway, so the possibilities of there being stashes of bootleg liquor there seem remote.
But $450,000 for something at 72nd and Prairie? Seems steep.
But $450,000 for something at 72nd and Prairie? Seems steep.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
36 Comments:
Dreamin' of a refer 10 feet long, smoking cocaine under a coconut tree, betcha ain't a soul as high as me. $450K rather buy a ranch out west somewhere, no neighbors, no noise, no problems. Defintely somebody's pipe dream
Geraldo Rivera wants to do a live show opening the 'vault' in the basement to find Big Al's fortune!
Geraldo Rivera is chomping at the bit!
In this market, she better hold her breath for $450k.
Anyone who would lay out even half that cash for that house in Park Manor or Chatham (003) needs a straitjacket.
If he were alive today, even "Scarface" would never go near the place.
Neighborhoods change. Fifty years ago, it was a peaceful neighborhood with little crime.
Are you kidding? 450K in that crime ridden neighborhood? What does she think she has gold? Maybe 150K nothing more! What historic value?none!
God bless her! I hope she hoses some yuppie!
Any 1921 Thompsons buried in the walls??They could be worth 60K if they were properly stored.
170,000 is my bid for the property. Then I will rent it out- Section 8!
Like I posted on SLC's blog, I was thinking of snatching Capones grave marker from his grave in Hillside, I wonder how much some drug dealing ghetto thug hip hop star would pay me for that piece of "gold"
She"ll be lucky to get 45,000 in that neighborhood
sorry im a north sider. is that neighbor hood still italian and is there a good school that i can put my little girls in, if i buy that piece of chicago history..thank you
what was different 50 years ago? hmmmm?
Maybe Silly Lillie could buy it, and turn it into a Scarfacec/Burger King museum...a little lunch counter serving Whoppers, and a little pasta...the possibilities are endless!!!! She could even stay there...close to work and then she could just singlehandedly get rid of all the crime!!! MMM Hmmm
oppppppssss...misplaced the decimal point...i meant $45.00...owner will finance
Before coming on the job I sold cars. There is a saying in that industry; "There is an ass for every seat". As weird as it sounds, someone will come in, plunk down 450K and put there ass in that place. This saying can be applied to lots of situations. Next time you see something odd, remember what it says.
FOR 450,000, OVER THERE THAT SHOULD GET U A WHOLE BLOCK, VACANT LOTS AND ALL...
Off topic, but didn't want to post this on the one concerning the Santa visits. I think this is so damn funny, and I think it would be funny to do some Chicago signs:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7798194.stm
Perhaps, gang warfare zone, please duck....or watch out for corrupt alderman crossing,,,or how about changing a bunch of Mayor Daley who has hhis name on everything to just read Dick,,,ok, so I am not that funny, but I'll bet some of you can come up with some that are.
The inside of that building was shown on some little something you should know news segment and from what I recall it looks like a total piece of shit. Dated, old and crappy. Not worth 142K let alone 450K. They're dreaming.
"Seems steep," the slopes of
Mt. Everest are not that steep!
There is another Al Capone house on Forest Glen Avenue right by the Edens.
It went for about $400K about 10 years ago.
"Any 1921 Thompsons buried in the walls??They could be worth 60K if they were properly stored.
12/26/2008 08:18:00 AM"
You must be this woman's real estate agent.
Yo Joe Citizen from another citizen. Capone is not buried in Hillside. He's buried on the northside but I'm not going to tell you where so your silly ass doesn't do something stupid.
LMAO
correction:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/
7798194.stm
That is actually a very nice Chicago style 2-flat bungalow. The original woodwork has been painted but is intact. The original tile remains along with doorknobs, brass hinges, knobs, etc. Without the Capone historical aura the bldg would sell for about 250-95. Unfortunately, there is a recession and nothing is moving in this market. Perhaps the Capone name will help her sell it and turn it into some kind of museum. That particular block seems to have escaped the shootings and drug dealings that have captured most of the surrounding area.
Hey other citizen, Al was originally buried at Mt. Olivet on the northside but was moved to the family plot at Mt. Carmel in .............Hillside years ago
Here's another "mobster's" house for sale. Quiet neighborhood, safe streets, good schools, zoning negotiable, taxes negotiable. SUNNYSIDE and RICHMOND.
Not to demean any of the comments on this post.
But I always laugh when a bunch of coppers start talking real estate.
Just another topic in which they're experts! I'm sure they've just conducted CMA's prior to the conversation.
Funnier is the copper/agent at my district who attempted to talk me into buying a property in the ghetto!
Mr. SouthSide says---
"...sorry, I'm a north sider..."
Couldn't have said it better myself.
years ago during the depression my uncle was working in a one pump gas station on state street near the then greek mkts off 71st st, one winter afternoon he saw a lady coming through the snow with packages and sliding on the ice, a customers car was parked outside just finished being repaired, my uncle went out and closed garage and said come on ill run you home lady. he took lady home and took packages inside. one week later a big touring car drove up and a guy got out and said someone wants to talk to you kid, that guy was BIG AL HIMSELF, he said that was nice what you did for my MOM and do you need or want anything, my uncle never being shy said yes i would like to be a Park District cop, a month later he was called and was given shield and star and was put with a old timer and was on the job, at that time you couldnt buy the job being the depression. Uncle went into WW11 and came back and got a great job eith Atomic energy comm, as cheif of guards in Lemont WITH Arrogganne natl labs thus my brush with local history.
Doesn't AL Capone have a son still alive today?
Hay ho-I got a canoli for $100. Al Capone had it under his bed.
Another of those area the tough guy Italians got kicked out of.
Blogger joe the citizen said...
Hey other citizen, Al was originally buried at Mt. Olivet on the northside but was moved to the family plot at Mt. Carmel in .............Hillside years ago
12/27/2008 12:02:00 AM
OOOOHHHH, the MT. Olivet that wasn't at one-hundred eleven and "the north side", you ignorant fillintheblanks should just let us alone, and note that yes, your eyetralian mo-fo was indeed inteered in Mt. Greenwood, before Mt. Carmel in Hillside...do your homework _ and sign your name...
Al Capone's son Al Francis Capone died in 2004 in Florida. He had changed his name to Al Francis, then Al Francis Brown. He had four daughters. I know that one great-granddaughter lives in Wicker Park, moved here with her husband who she met in college in California.
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