This is the seventh installment in a new series called Homes & Lifestyles of the Underworld. This time around, Button Guys focuses on the Mafia Family based in what became known as “The Flower City” of Illinois.
We thought it would be interesting to delve a bit into the personal lives of some of the gangsters and racketeers we’ve all heard and read about over the years, many of whom were notorious fellows back in their day.
Where did these men live? What types of neighborhoods were they drawn to? What types of homes could they afford and did they choose for themselves and their loved ones? Who lived in mansions? Who lived in hovels? Who was wealthy? Who was not? Who displayed ostentatious shows of wealth? Who lived quietly and conservatively?
Let’s take a good look, shall we?
This particular edition of Homes & Lifestyles of the Underworld focuses on the small and quiet — yet successful — Cosa Nostra network that operated in the midwestern City of Springfield, Illinois — the Frank Zito Family.
Button Guys profiles 44 of their members — starting with the bosses and upper-tier management, right down to their rank-and-file soldiers and associates.
