1980's THROWBACK: 'THE RAVENITE'

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On first glance, 247 Mulberry Street looks like nothing more than another high-end boutique in NoLita, but the cracked tiled floors of the CYDWOQ shoe store offers a glimpse back to the days when the mob ruled New York. Once a mafia nerve center entrenched in the core of Little Italy, the Ravenite Social Club hosted the Anastasia and later Gambino Crime Family for 66 years.

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The 1980s no phones or instagram shit or people knowing where you are all the time, what a time to be alive

xmm

Some of the members in this video;-

JOHN GOTTI - Head of the Gambino family. Sentenced to life without parole in 1992 for murder, tax evasion and extortion (among others). Died in 2002

JOHN D'AMICO- (the guy walking into the Ravenite with Gotti at 3:30) born 1937. One of Gotti's closest associates. Became acting boss in 2003. Has served time since for racketeering, loansharking and conspiring to assault someone with a deadly weapon.

NORMAN DUPONT- (the guy going to shop and trunk of car) Caretaker of the Ravenite. Currently doing life for the murder of Harmon Fuchs a car service dispatcher.

PETER GOTTI- ( the big guy at the ice cream truck) born 1939. Brother of John. Became acting boss when john went to prison. Currently serving a 25 year sentence for extortion and plotting to murder government informer Sammy 'the bull' Grevano.

JOE DECICCO- ( the guy with Peter at the ice cream truck) brother of long time cappo George Decicco. He is also the uncle of Frank Decicco who was killed in a car bomb in retaliation for the murder of Paul Castellano.

SuperDougie

The big Lincoln engulfing all the camera space as the beat kicks in is a magical moment. This gets played, front to back, multiple times a week. Very entrancing.

bettertimeschi

a unique song, for a unique era! The 80s and 90s were the era of a serious and unforgettable breed of people and atmosphere!

jango

I love watching old tapes of people just going about their business, it’s a real way of time traveling.

donnix

I see the following:-
1.) NO graffiti.
2.) Elderly people walking unafraid.
3.) NO beggars, bums, pests.
4.) Clean/properly maintained cars & buildings.

Seems to me there was order & real pride back then.

lukespector

I never seen this footage before. Gave me chills. After losing my dad and kid brother I came across a quote. "I am hopelessly in love with a memory, an echo from another time, another place." Thank u for the glimpse back to the last days of the NY that meant so much to us.

squallie

1986, my dad took us to NYC for the weekend for a vacation (sight seeing) I'm running up ahead like most 13 year kids. I go running up to a limo with tinted glass, trying to look in the windows. My dad runs over and apologizes to the driver who is waiting outside. He says: No problem and let's me get in the back of the limo and look at everything. My dad was always mistaken for a mob member and I think we just got a friendly pass that day. Great memory

kennethfanelli

That Lincoln at the beginning with the music is just perfect match awesome!!

arnulfov

Good old days when people knew to mind their fucking business

CHICHI

Strange seeing people living in the moment. Here we are watching them 40 years later. Most of them all dead

mrfurio

These guys are stone cold killers and you wouldn't even know it

johngoncalves

This was the NYC I knew, it had its own flavor. You told a guy at a deli for a regular coffee he knew what it was. A slice was a slice of pizza. This overpriced, overhyped, overbuilt one now is a shadow of its former self no matter how many glass towers you build or all the hype you try to give it. Fake can’t be real,

billlombard