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Author |
: Thomas Hunt |
Publisher |
: Thomas Hunt |
Total Pages |
: 408 |
Release |
: 2023-10-01 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis Gangsters of NYC's Lower East Side by : Thomas Hunt
Journalists Craig Thompson and Allen Raymond in 1940 wrote that “...the lower East Side of Manhattan in the first twenty years of the twentieth century was the greatest breeding ground for gunmen and racketeers, since risen to eminence, that this country has ever seen...” Conditions in the pre-Prohibition twentieth century Lower East Side certainly fueled an explosion in gangs and racketeering. Such underworld giants as Meyer Lansky, Louis “Lepke” Buchalter and Salvatore “Charlie Luciano” Lucania were products of that overcrowded and hard environment. But that was just a small part of the area’s underworld history. In this issue, Informer presents a collection of articles representing the seedy and bloody gangland history of the Lower East Side. Material spans many decades of Manhattan’s history. Related article subjects: ∙ End of the Whyos gang. ∙ Historic Photo: Bandits' Roost. ∙ John H. McGurk and Bowery's "Suicide Hall." ∙ The death and life of hoodlum/hero Monk Eastman. ∙ NYC's first Mafia boss? ∙ Italian gang chief with an Irish name: Paul Kelly. ∙ Sai Wing Mock and the New York "Tong Wars." ∙ Frank Lanza's New York firms may have been Mafia fronts. ∙ In search of "Johnny Spanish." ∙ Racketeering future was molded in young Meyer Lansky's neighborhood. ∙ "Death Avenue": Second Avenue, 1910-1924. ∙ 1964 narcotics report included mobster bios. In addition, the issue includes these articles: ∙ New facts about 1928 Mafia conventioneers. ∙ "Bill the Butcher" wasn't from the Five Points. ∙ New and recent true crime book releases. ∙ Looking back from 2023: 150, 100, 75, 50, 5 years ago. Contributors to this issue: Thomas Hunt, Justin Cascio, Patrick Downey, Michael O'Haire, Steve Turner, Matt Ghiglieri.
Author |
: Eric Ferrara |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 179 |
Release |
: 2009-06-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781614233039 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1614233039 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City's Lower East Side by : Eric Ferrara
New York's Lower East Side is the birthplace of everything from organized crime to anarchist movements. In the nineteenth century, an influx of struggling immigrants seeking opportunity met the harsh realities of industrialization. Poverty and squalor fueled a vicious battle for power and political clout. Local historian Eric Ferrara reveals the wicked history of America's most infamous neighborhood, where the abounding graffiti is a testament to the soul and spirit of the slum.
Author |
: Thomas F. Comiskey |
Publisher |
: Archway Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 73 |
Release |
: 2019-03-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781480875678 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1480875678 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis The East Village Mafia by : Thomas F. Comiskey
Few New Yorkers are aware that the tenements and storefronts of the East Village, famous for Beat poetry, avant-garde art, and alternative rock music, were a stronghold of mafia racketeering, treachery, and intrigue for almost seventy years. From the 1920s to 1990, mob icons lived in or frequented the East Village, known as part of the Lower East Side until the mid-1960s. In The East Village Mafia, author Thomas F. Comiskey shares the history of this little-known Manhattan mafia enclave that wielded influence on the direction and destiny of organized crime in New York City, telling how: Mafia royalty Lucky Luciano, Joe "the Boss" Masseria, and Joseph Bonanno lived in or frequented the East Village; East Village-bred Mafiosi plotted the assassinations of five Cosa Nostra bosses; Lucky Luciano ordained the East Village to be one of the mafia’s major heroin distribution centers after World War II; A mobster from Avenue A conspired to sell the Vatican millions worth of bogus stocks and bonds, some forged in the East Village; A sit down in Mafia don Joseph Bonanno's favorite Social Club on East Twelfth Street determined control over a New Jersey hotel; and A federal agent from Avenue A and Fifteenth Street became the nemesis of mafia narcotics dealers.
Author |
: Jose "Cochise" Quiles |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2015-11-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 098578833X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780985788339 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Synopsis Jose Cochise Quiles the Street Gangs of the Lower East Side by : Jose "Cochise" Quiles
a history of Street Gangs on the Lower East Side of New York City.
Author |
: Joyce Mendelsohn |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2009-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0231519435 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780231519434 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited by : Joyce Mendelsohn
The Lower East Side has been home to some of the city's most iconic restaurants, shopping venues, and architecture. The neighborhood has also welcomed generations of immigrants, from newly arrived Italians and Jews to today's Latino and Asian newcomers. This history has become somewhat obscured, however, as the Lower East Side can appear more hip than historic, with wealth and gentrification changing the character of the neighborhood. Chronicling these developments, along with the hidden gems that still speak of a vibrant immigrant identity, Joyce Mendelsohn provides a complete guide to the Lower East Side of then and now. After an extensive history that stretches back to Manhattan's first settlers, Mendelsohn offers 5 self-guided walking tours, including a new passage through the Bowery, that take the reader to more than 150 sites and highlight the dynamics of a community of contrasts: aged tenements nestled among luxury apartment towers abut historic churches and synagogues. With updated and revised maps, historical data, and an entirely new community to explore, Mendelsohn writes a brand-new chapter in an old New York story.
Author |
: Herbert Asbury |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 444 |
Release |
: 1928 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015017695670 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Gangs of New York by : Herbert Asbury
Author |
: Eric Ferrara |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 98 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780738597713 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0738597716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lower East Side by : Eric Ferrara
Eric Ferrara and David Bellel of the Lower East Side History Project explore a century of neighborhood history through rare photographs supplied by local museum archives and private collections. New York City's legendary Lower East Side is one of the oldest, most historically significant and complex quarters in America. Though recent gentrification has displaced most multigenerational immigrant families and mom-and-pop shops, the district still retains some of the character that made it so unique to the rest of the city.
Author |
: Eric Ferrara |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2010-09-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781614233510 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1614233519 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Manhattan Mafia Guide by : Eric Ferrara
The New York City historian and author of The Bowery takes readers on a tour of New York’s infamous underworld in this revealing guide. During the early twentieth century, Sicilian and Southern Italian immigrants poured into New York City looking for a better life. But while they escaped the kind of poverty and persecution they experienced in the old country, they soon discovered that certain criminal enterprises followed them to America. Over the years, the island of Manhattan would become a hotbed of organized crime and underworld intrigue. It’s a version of the city that remains invisible to most visitors—until now. In this revealing tour of New York City’s mafia history, Eric Ferrara gives readers an insider’s look at how the mob lived—and where they died. Ferrara goes inside mafia hangouts from the Copacabana to Milady’s Bar and the Thompson Street Social Club. He vividly recounts infamous episodes in the lives of famous mafia men, like Charlie “Lucky” Luciano and Joey Gallo, as well as more obscure players who will be new to most readers. From the beginnings of Black Hand criminal networks to the reign of an all-powerful organized crime syndicate, Manhattan Mafia Guide offers a fascinating look down New York City’s mean streets.
Author |
: Eric Ferrara |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 2012-11-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781614237525 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1614237522 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lower East Side Oral Histories by : Eric Ferrara
A collection of personal memories and insights from 25 longtime residents of this storied and ever-changing NYC neighborhood. The Lower East Side is one of Manhattan’s most vibrant neighborhoods. For centuries, it has been home to hundreds of enclaves of immigrants from every part of the world. As they became New Yorkers, the neighborhood has in turn become infused with their cultures, foods, traditions, and personalities. In this book, local historians Eric Ferrara and Nina Howes document the stories and remembrances of twenty-five Lower East Side residents who helped make it what it is today. From childhood memories with family (but without running water) to observations of the constantly changing city, Lower East Side Oral Histories reveals this larger-than-life corner of New York through the eyes and voices of the people who lived there.
Author |
: Albert Fried |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 374 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0231096836 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780231096836 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America by : Albert Fried
Albert Fried recalls the rise and fail of an underworld culture that bred some of America's most infamous racketeers, bootleggers, gamblers, and professional killers, spawned by a culture of vice and criminality on New York's Lower East Side and similar environments in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Detroit, Newark, and Philadelphia. The author adds an important dimension to this story as he discusses the Italian gangs that teamed up with their Jewish counterparts to form multicultural syndicates. The careers of such high-profile figures as Meyer Lansky, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, and "Dutch" Schultz demonstrate how these gangsters passed from early manhood to old age, marketed illicit goods and services after the repeal of Prohibition, improved their system of mutual cooperation and self-governance, and grew to resemble modern business entrepreneurs. A new afterword brings to a close the careers of the Jewish gangsters and discusses how their image is addressed in selected books since the 1980s. Fried also examines the impact of films such as The Godfather series, Once Upon a Time in America, and Bugsy.