GangsterBB.NET


Funko Pop! Movies:
The Godfather 50th Anniversary Collectors Set -
3 Figure Set: Michael, Vito, Sonny

Who's Online Now
1 registered members (1 invisible), 717 guests, and 3 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Shout Box
Site Links
>Help Page
>More Smilies
>GBB on Facebook
>Job Saver

>Godfather Website
>Scarface Website
>Mario Puzo Website
NEW!
Active Member Birthdays
No birthdays today
Newest Members
TheGhost, Pumpkin, RussianCriminalWorld, JohnnyTheBat, Havana
10349 Registered Users
Top Posters(All Time)
Irishman12 67,962
DE NIRO 44,945
J Geoff 31,286
Hollander 24,668
pizzaboy 23,296
SC 22,902
Turnbull 19,544
Mignon 19,066
Don Cardi 18,238
Sicilian Babe 17,300
plawrence 15,058
Forum Statistics
Forums21
Topics42,489
Posts1,061,833
Members10,349
Most Online1,100
Jun 10th, 2024
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 2 of 2 1 2
Re: John LaRocca - Pittsburgh Mob Boss [Re: Millspgh] #1038774
08/15/22 03:54 PM
08/15/22 03:54 PM
Joined: Sep 2021
Posts: 23
C
craigs48 Offline
Wiseguy
craigs48  Offline
C
Wiseguy
Joined: Sep 2021
Posts: 23
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Stabley/Stapleton Library
Indiana, PA 15705 United States
has a copy, but I don't know if you're close to there. I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I stumble across a copy.

Re: John LaRocca - Pittsburgh Mob Boss [Re: Lou_Para] #1038827
08/16/22 12:42 PM
08/16/22 12:42 PM
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 259
Millspgh Offline
Capo
Millspgh  Offline
Capo
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 259
Originally Posted by Lou_Para
Originally Posted by Friend_of_Henry
The New Kensington crew still lives through some of the best chocolate candies in the country especially their dark chocolate turtles :-)


In the book "I heard you paint houses" Frank Sheeran talks about driving Russ Bufalino to New Ken occasionally to visit with Kelly.
They were great friends and did a lot of business together.

The two of them would engage in all day red sauce cooking sessions. He also mentions how Russ was so upset when he saw Kelly after he got cancer and went down to 100 pounds that he cried.

Sheeran raved about the giant chocolate Easter eggs that Catoris made, and how he would send them to his lawyers wives when he was in jail.


Kelly's oldest daughter Georgienne married Dr. Russel Samuel Buffalino in an arranged marriage in New Ken on 11/4/1966, supposedly Big Russel's nephew(Dr. Russel's dad was Sam Bufalino). Reception afterwards at The Holiday House with more than700 guests, Kelly spent over $30/plate according to FBI files. That's a lot of money in 1966.
Some articles say Dr. Russel was Boss Russel's son, others say nephew. Who really knows? Joe Bufalino was the best man, not sure who his dad is.
Dr Russel graduated Temple and John Carrol Universities. He was practicing at Pymatuning Medical Center at the time of the wedding.

Side note, all out of town guests stayed at the Holiday Inn in New Kensington, but there would be no record of any of them as Son of slain boss, and future Boss after Genovese - John Bazzano jr's brother Paul Bazzano owns and runs the hotel and made sure no records were kept of anyone intown for the wedding. He also made sure no FBI agents could snoop around or park in the lot.
There are tons of neat details in the FBI files like that regarding this weeding.

Re: John LaRocca - Pittsburgh Mob Boss [Re: MafiaStudent] #1038847
08/16/22 05:01 PM
08/16/22 05:01 PM
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,402
L
Lou_Para Offline
Underboss
Lou_Para  Offline
L
Underboss
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,402
There have been many posts on this Board about the legendary Holiday House.
They are definitely worth a read.

To guys from our area,this place was like the Copa in NYC.

I'd love to se a well done Documentary on it's history.

National acts,first class dining,beautifully decorated rooms,and of course, the local "patrons" ,both famous and infamous.

Re: John LaRocca - Pittsburgh Mob Boss [Re: Lou_Para] #1038875
08/17/22 08:03 AM
08/17/22 08:03 AM
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 259
Millspgh Offline
Capo
Millspgh  Offline
Capo
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 259
Originally Posted by Lou_Para
There have been many posts on this Board about the legendary Holiday House.
They are definitely worth a read.

To guys from our area,this place was like the Copa in NYC.

I'd love to se a well done Documentary on it's history.

National acts, first class dining, beautifully decorated rooms, and of course, the local "patrons" ,both famous and infamous.

There are not as many photos online from inside the Holiday House at events as I would expect, or at least would like to see. but I agree, from everything I ready, it was the "it" Spot for all the Famous and Infamous as you put it.



Last edited by Millspgh; 08/17/22 10:50 AM.
Re: John LaRocca - Pittsburgh Mob Boss [Re: MafiaStudent] #1038876
08/17/22 09:22 AM
08/17/22 09:22 AM
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 808
Friend_of_Henry Offline
Underboss
Friend_of_Henry  Offline
Underboss
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 808
Somewhere I have a picture pf Frank Sinatra and Wango Capizzi when Frank appeared at the Holiday House.
Michael was a well known "regular" at the Holiday House and could often be seen with a great lookin' lady :-)


"Never walk in a room that you don't know how to get out of"- Henry Zottola
Re: John LaRocca - Pittsburgh Mob Boss [Re: Friend_of_Henry] #1038922
08/17/22 08:54 PM
08/17/22 08:54 PM
Joined: Sep 2021
Posts: 23
C
craigs48 Offline
Wiseguy
craigs48  Offline
C
Wiseguy
Joined: Sep 2021
Posts: 23
There's a Facebook page called Pittsburgh Mob that has that picture and many others. Check it out, you might like it.

Re: John LaRocca - Pittsburgh Mob Boss [Re: MafiaStudent] #1039161
08/21/22 02:33 AM
08/21/22 02:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 9,636
N
NYMafia Offline
NYMafia  Offline

N

Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 9,636
ButtonGuys of TNYM has a link that leads to a dedicated page highlighting Pittsburgh's LaRocca Family. Aside from the unique text/pictorial chart we recently posted up listing all their known (and largely unknown) members and associates, we've also written an extensive historical story about this family's background and a string of in-depth biographies about many of their top members.

We are composing even more biographies that will be released in the coming months, as well as a "surprise" one-of-a-kind project with many never before seen photographs of Pittsburgh's mafiosi from private family albums that our fans are sure to enjoy.

So keep your peepers peeled folks!...Only at ButtonGuys of The New York Mafia

Page 2 of 2 1 2

Moderated by  Don Cardi, J Geoff, SC, Turnbull 

Powered by UBB.threads™