Archives

The scintillating life events of the Seven Reggione Brothers have been followed and well documented through several decades across the United States and as far as taway as Europe.

Newspaper archives and records garnered by diligently researching the archives of governement agencies, demonstrate the long running and keen public interest in the Regionnes. Although so many of their activites are documented and presented here, some of the most interesting storylines are those oral histories recanted through family.

"Fat Elevator" - Man About Manhattan

The asphalt of New York’s Mulberry Street reflects the light of a solitary lamppost. As brothers Louis “Fat Elevator” and Joe step out of a taxi, shots ring out. In a mad dash, Joe side steps fate. The bullets rip through the windowpanes of neighborhood stores and bury themselves into lampposts. They never touched Joe, but Fat Elevator catches a few and spins to the ground like a crazy dancer.