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Capone's neglected place in the sun
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MIAMI -- There's not a drop of water in the grand 30-by-60-foot
swimming pool in the backyard of the Palm Island house where Al
Capone made his home, and the landscapers don't seem to have made a
visit here in many a decade.
Inside the house, the plumbing hasn't been updated since a 29-
year-old Capone bought it from a member of the Anheuser-Busch family
in 1928, just eight years after it was built. The walls are cracked,
and the hardwood floors are long overdue for refinishing.
But if you stand in the far back corner of the yard near the boat
dock, Biscayne Bay lapping at your heels, you ...
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