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Arnold Rothstein was the chief of New York organized crime and the toughest Jew in town. For some reason, one night he failed to pay a poker debt. This decision proved fatal as he was gunned down in his room. 
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Congress Apartments
This dreary grey apartment building with a blue awning is a perfectly average pre-war structure in Midtown Manhattan. The fourteen-story building boasts an ugly blue awning, and a bar in the ground floor called Faces and Names. Perhaps the apartment building is best known for the infamous poker game that took place in the home of ex-convict Jimmy Meehan. During the legendary game, mob kingpin Arnold Rothstein lost over $300,000 to some of his fellow gamblers. His failure to pay in time resulted in his untimely death.
A Fatal Game of Poker
Arnold Rothstein was the chief of New York organized crime and the toughest Jew in town. For some reason, one night he failed to pay a poker debt. This decision proved fatal as he was gunned down in his room. | Neighborhood: | Midtown West |
| Place: | Congress Apartments |
| Storyteller: | mike |
| Date Posted: | 12/08/2007 |
| Affiliation: | Travelgoat |
| Tags: | Crime History |
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