It was 1928, the year before the stock market crash, when the 29 year old businessman bought the 30,000 sq ft waterfront residence on Miami's Palm Island from Clarence Busch of the Anheuser-Busch family for $40,000. He quickly made some additions; a wall, a new pool that was one of the largest in the state and a cabana for his guests. The house rapidly gained a reputation as the site of wild parties. There are no records of the neighbors complaining about the noise though. Nor were the parties diminished by the depression that soon seized the country. The owner was in a depression proof business. He loved the house and spent a great deal of time there as a getaway from the stresses of his work and is reputed to have also plotted the hostile takeover of some of his business rivals while vacationing there.
His name was Al Capone and his Miami getaway house
is for sale.
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