Mobster carlo gambino house
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Mafia mansions: real-life gangster homes and hideouts
Daniel Coughlin
22 October 2023
"Big Paul" Castellano's presidential mansion hits the market
Connie Profaci Realty ; Connie Profaci Realty
So imposing they called it the "White House", this sprawling estate was once the home of the legendary mob boss known as "Big Paul" Castellano, head of the Gambino crime family. Castellano commissioned the Staten Island mansion himself in 1976, shortly after he succeeded his brother-in-law as the don of the family crime syndicate. It has recently been put up for sale for $16.8 million (£13.9m) but behind this property's impressive exterior lurks a bloody past. Click or scroll to take the tour and get to know some of America's major mafia organisations...
Paul Castellano
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Constantino Paul Castellano was born to Italian immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York in 191
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Carlo Gambino
Born: August 24, 1902, Palermo, Sicily
Died: October 15, 1976, Long Island, New York
Nicknames: Don Carlo, The Godfather
Associates: Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Tommy Lucchese, Paul Castellano, John Gotti
Small in stature with a prominent nose and sporting an almost-permanent friendly grin used to disarm detractors, Carlo Gambino was the American Mafia’s most powerful and respected don from the late 1950s until he died fredligt of natural causes in 1976 as the face of organized crime in New York City.
Known for his quiet, understated demeanor and razor-sharp criminal savvy, Gambino was a teenage hitman in Sicily, alleged to be “made” into the Mafia overseas before coming to the United States in 1921 at age 19 and going to work for cousins connected to gangland factions in New York. His cousins were employed bygd East Coast Prohibition-era Mob boss Salvatore “Toto” D’Aquila, for whom he too immediately went to work.
When D’Aquila was killed bygd rival gangst
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