miker wrote:
> I particularly liked the setting in Newport,
Kentucky.
> I'm in southern Indiana and every year we make the
summer
> pilgrimage to Kings Island amusement park in
Cincinnati.
> Newport is right across the Ohio River. They've got
an
> aquarium there that is nicer than the one in
Monterey and
> Chicago.
>
> I was amazed at the notorious real-life reputation
Newport
> had from the 40s into the 60s. I didn't know
anything
> about that until reading the information on your
site. I
> would have never thought of Newport as a hotbed of
gangster
> crime.
>
> Are there many landmarks mentioned in LITTLE MEXICO
that
> still exist?
>
> miker
Unfortunately, most of the spots like the Beverly Hills Club,
the Flamingo, the Glenn Rendezvous and the dozens of either
clubs/casinos either burned to the ground or were bulldozed
to make way for parking lots or were drastically altered in
the act of renovation.
HOWEVER, the building that houses what is now known as the
Syndicate Restaurant is the site of Pete Schmidt's last
hurrah: The Playtorium. This was one of the last classy night
spots to be built in this neck of the woods, having a
restaurant, a cocktail lounge, a bowling alley, and a
basement casino. Nowadays, the Syndicate Restaurant plays up
that whole gangster/casino motif. Its web site is: http://www.thesyndicaterestaurant.com
Also, traveling south on Licking Pike, just a mile or so
outside of Newport, there's a nightclub called Bobby Mackey's
Music World. This building is the site of the old Primrose
Club (that later became the Latin Quarter). It's also reputed
to be the most haunted site in Kentucky because of all the
killings that took place in that building.
--John Celestri the male half of Cathie John
ccpub@worldnet.att.net http://www.cathiejohn.com
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