[ETL]

THE best Chess store in the WORLD is in Manhattan, on Thompson St.

Genovese mob boss Vinny "The Chin" Gigante lived and "worked" right around the corner on Sullivan St.

[dp0622]

Wow.

My mom and pop both knew Carmine Persico.

My uncle was best man to him.

They knew a lot of other guys too but that’s not shock as they were all Italians and all live in the same neighorhood in Brooklyn.

they would likely NOT have known anyone who grew up in Little Italy.

Funny. I dont know WHEN Little Italy got it’s name.

But it’s not Little Italy anymore :)

Now Staten Island is :)

[DoodleBob]

...and also right around the corner is 152 Bleecker St, where Zappa and the Mothers played at the old Garrick Cinena.