Would it be a safe bet to say that the Philly Family saw its best days when Bruno was in charge?
It seems like ever since he took a shotgun blast,things have not been the same for a once solid, strong mafia family.
Turncoats, snitches, and wars within the family has the been the identity for 3 decades now.
What if Bruno was never hit,how do you think the family would fare today?

They would have more power and manpower. Nicodemo killed tons of people in the 80s who could've still been around today like Testa. Killing Bruno pretty much ruined Philadelphia

sal testa would of been boss currently in his late 50s what a shame

philly family seems minor now. i wonder if there are any real earners left - ie multi millionaires like back in the day of scarfo, capinigro, or long john

There's probably some earners but nothing like back then.u really think they could do the street tax now? No way.the guy canalichio I think was caught sayn its a broke mob there's no money.

Of the remaining families that are left, they are minor. You've got 2 large families and 3 mid-sized families in New York, and then 4 or 5 small families (Philly being one of them) elsewhere.

Even if Bruno hadn't been killed he would've been put away. Same with Testa and all the other guys that could've lead Philly smoothly. It's possible they might not have been as dysfunctional as they are right now, but there's no way they would've survived all the RICO and LE hits that have severely limited their power.

Phillip Narducci They own Phillips Steaks open 24/7 in West Passyunk ..I'm sure phillip had a large chunk put away for him when he was locked down

I read that Bruno and Big Paul were very tight and surveillance caught them on more than one occasion having dinner together.

At this same time period Bruno was on the commission and it pissed others off that he almost never showed up for a meeting and simply gave his vote to Castellano to cast on any issues that were being discussed..

interesting post.

I really don't think that nice old man should have went out like that.

Castellano and Bruno met a couple times at the Gambino's restaurant in South Jersey. John Gambino came down from NY with Castellano at least one of the 2 times. His brothers Rosario and Giuseppe owned the restaurant in Cherry Hill where they all met.

That was the gambino's jpint ranning smack outta the place and bruno according to Leonetti which I read in "Mafia Prince" Angelo Bruno was a drug dealer his partner Long John

Yes....Long John was friends with the Gambino brothers too. He lived in the same south jersey neighborhood that they did. Martorano and Bruno got all the vending business from the Gambino's restaurants and pizza joints. And the Gambino's also gave Bruno a piece of their club as tribute.

Your correct DickNose....that club in Cherry Hill is where they ran their south jersey/philly heroin operation out of. They also had a club up in Brooklyn on 18th ave where i believe John Gambino worked out of and was probably the drug networks main place of operation.

Yeah after galante got whacked he was probably raking in tons of cash

Doubt it he would probably be doing a life sentence by now if he was still alive.