I never realized how small Al Neri actually was

One more....

You can clearly see the same window on the left. The trees sure have grown up in front of 120...too bad.

Send me a message when you're going to be here. Maybe
we can get a bunch of board members to meet.

One of the reasons I waited until winter to visit was, I figured the trees wouldn't be blocking the buildings so much, and I'd get some better shots.

Here's something I noticed from GF Part II. In the scene where Frank Pentangeli returns to the old Corleone House, they didn't bother to put the fake wall around the compound. You can clearly see the modest ranch style house across the street. FWIW, when I was there this house was either rebuilt or completely renovated.

Richard Bright is listed as 5'9", but he doesn't look much taller than the 5'6" Pacino.

Just got back from NYC last night. Made the trip over to Staten Island to see the "mall". How awesome. A great experience. I also walked the hallway in the Hotel Edison where Luca Brazi walked before he got whacked. If you haven't been there, you gotta go...it's truly awesome.

I plan to vist some of the NYC sites when the weather gets warm. I'm over the City a lot, and never took any pictures of GF sites. I'm going to next time over there. ....Nothing is going to beat the "Corleone Mall" though.

Hey Chicago Jim,

I stayed at the Edison in 03 when I was in NYC and walked the same hallway. !! I would like to see the mall someday too.


TIS

Don't they have "Malls" out in California yet?
Oh, you mean the Corleone Mall

Well what are you waiting for? The door is always open!

Don Cardi

I can't believe you saw that house!! I had no idea that people actually lived there...how cool would that be?! I would have walked through the gates. It would be worth it to be arrested for trespassing just to get that close!

Believe me, I wanted to walk through the gate, and go into the yard so bad it hurt. Check out this thread when I went back the next day and got to talk to the owner.

Trip to the Corleone Mall Part II

Wouldn't it be the epitome of cool if the owner let us all rent just the outside area for a big BB Bash???? Better yet, someone here on the BB gets married and we duplicate the "wedding" scene. Who else but us would truly appreciate it hu??

Ok, I'll be happy just to go to the gate I guess.


TIS

....I want to buy that house if it ever hits the market.

Funny that you say that TIS! Not far from the "Mall" is the church where we see The Corleone's outside after the baptism, the scene where Michael tells Carlo to stay in New York and not go on to Nevada just yet. Well the church is still there, although I think it has been refurbished on the outside since The GF movie, but on the grounds there is a huge CYO center that has been built that could probably accomadate a Gangster BB Bash! Right next to the GF church and only several miles from the "Mall". And it is only about 1/2 mile from my home.

SC and I will buy a bus, you all come to NY for a gangster bb bash, and SC and I will drive everyone to all the places in Staten Island, Brooklyn and Manhatten that were used for the GF movies! How's $20 per person sound?

Oh, and I know that you are a big Law and Order fan. Well believe it of not the outside of that same church was used on several Law and Order episodes.

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=158855


Don Cardi

I read the church burned down in the 70's and was rebuilt.The only thing that survived the fire was the front facade.

Yes, I believe that it did burn down right after the GF movie was released. I have posted a link above showing a current picture of the church.


Don Cardi

Count me in Don C. If they are not going to have the gangster convention this year that would make a nice plan B I'll be sure to bring plenty of film. I call a window seat

I did a search and found this:
"On Wednesday morning, 4:40 am, December 19, 1973, a fire that started in the boiler room destroyed the landmark church. Only the steeple and 4 charred granite and brick walls were left standing. The church was rebuilt in 1976."

For an extra 5 bucks a head we'll throw in The Bronx location, too!

DC and I actually talked about starting a tour business on the old boards. Geez, was that four years ago already?

Thanks for that pic, JL. I remember reading about the fire when I first did some research on this a few years back, but I never saw that photo before.

WOW! Time goes by really quick when you're amongst great friends!

Don Cardi

OMG!!!!!!!!! That would be absolutely terrific!!!

Really, you can't even imagine how I'd LOVE to do such a trip!

Quite cheap!

$20 bucks??? Is that the "family" discount?? Works for me. Just a tip for SC tho, better let DC do the driving.


TIS

EXCELLENT!


Don Cardi

can i get the pictures? the ones on this thead wont even show up and i really want to see them!

Yeah i cant see them too.

Wow. This thread brings back memories. If you click on THIS LINK, you can get all the pictures I took almost 3 years ago. Once on the site, the password is "corleone" to get the full size images from the site.

Great collection of pix, JL. Thanks for posting the link!

No problem. Now that I actually live about 5 miles away from the "mall", and own a much better camera, I promise to update my photos sometime soon.