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The former Chicago family home of gangster Al Capone where he was living when became one of the richest gangsters in history has been put on sale for $225,000.



The six-bedroom house was where the crime boss lived when he moved from New York and established himself in Chicago in 1923.

The criminal was sent to Illinois to run the infamous Four Deuces club which offered gambling, alcohol and prostitution in prohibition era America.
According to the real estate listing: 'This was Al Capone's Chicago home. Wow, there are three bedrooms on each floor.'

The listing states that the first floor was reconditioned in 2008 and a new kitchen was installed. There is even a Jacuzzi in one of the two bathrooms.

The second floor comes equipped with hardwood floors and there is a garage which will fit two cars.

However, any crime fans looking to visit the house 'must show proof of funds before showing'.

The Chicago Tribune reports Capone purchased the Chicago home for $5,500 as he worked as a bouncer in a brothel before he became Prohibition-era America's most infamous gangster

Capone buys 7244 Prairie Avenue in 1923 and moves in his wife, son, mother as well as his brother and sisters.

The house is located in the Greater Grand Crossing area in south Chicago.

His brother Frank is waked in the front room of the house after he was shot and killed by the Chicago Police Department in April 1924 while trying to intimidate people trying to vote.

Guinevere wrote:Jarl, seriously, Chicago is a GREAT city. You just don't like cities, and you are excused from doing so, ok. But that doesn't mean every city is a sewer. Like most places, there are good parts and bad parts, and its all part of the fabric of the town.

Econoline wrote:That neighborhood, Greater Grand Crossing, is not particularly good but far from the worst in the city. It's a solidly working-class African American area; and yes, the property values are low because the population in that neighborhood is 99.6% non-white. That particular building and the ones immediately surrounding it appear to be well-maintained. I'm not at all surprised that it didn't sell for for $450K but $225K sounds like a pretty realistic price for that particular area.

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Guinevere wrote:Jarl, seriously, Chicago is a GREAT city. You just don't like cities, and you are excused from doing so, ok. But that doesn't mean every city is a sewer. Like most places, there are good parts and bad parts, and its all part of the fabric of the town.

Location, location, location. In the neighborhood where I live, Hyde Park, that same building would probably be worth around 2½ to 3 times that price.