My Al Capone Museum     |   home MY AL CAPONE MUSEUM   |   F.A.Q.'S   |   Al Capone's Personal Telephone   |   Al Capone Framed Signature   |   Al Capone's Silver Tray   |   Interesting items retrieved from Al Capone's Lexington office suite and hallway   |   Al Capone's Bathroom Tile From The Lexington Hotel   |   Inside The Lexington Hotel   |   Geraldo's Capone Vault Grand Opening   |   Lexington's Destruction   |   St.Valentine's Day Massacre bricks   |   Capone Magazines and Booklets   |   Capone Videos   |   Capone Books   |   Knick Knacks   |   Photos   |   Photos 2   |   Capone Documents   |   Capone Photographs   |   Capone Photographs 2   |   Capone Photographs 3   |   My History channel Shoot   |   Gravesites   |   Capone the man   |   Capone at the Ballpark   |   Al Capone's Funeral   |   The St. Valentine's Day Massacre   |   The Massacre Pt.2   |   Massacre Victim's Stats.   |   Massacre News blurbs   |   My Theory  on Valentine Massacre   |   Valentine Killers?   |   The St. Valentine Massacre guns today   |   When, Where and How did they die?   |   Mugshots   |   Gangster facts and side stories   |   The Obituaries   |   Gangster Molls   |   Peter Von Frantzius   |   The Chicago Typewriter   |   Gangster Hitspots   |   Mae Capone   |   Louise Rolfe   |   Alberto Anselmi and Giovanni Scalise   |   Frank Parker   |   William Niemoth   |   Jack Guzik   |   Samuel "Golf bag"Hunt   |   Jake Lingle   |   Frankie Yale   |   Jack Zuta   |   Johnny Torrio   |   The Northsiders   |   Joe E. Lewis   |   Rocco DeGrazia   |   Machine Gun Jack McGurn   |   Willie Heeney   |   James "Fur" Sammons   |   Jack "Three fingered" White   |   George "Red" Barker   |   Anthony "Tough Tony" Capezio   |   Frank Nitti   |   Hymie Weiss   |   Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci   |   Fred "Killer" Burke   |   Fred Goetz   |   Joe Aiello   |   Angelo La Mantia   |   Frank Rio   |   Ragtime Joe Howard   |   Sol Van Praag   |   Theodore "The Greek" Anton   |   Edward Tancl   |   Al in Jail   |   Mario Gomes   |   Bill Helmer   |   Sandy Jones   |   Rick Mattix   |   Patrick Downey   |   Ellen Poulsen   |   Rose Keefe   |   Mr. Joe Walters   |   Gangster articles   |   Newspapers of the day   |   Newspapers part Two   |   Newspapers Part Three   |   Colosimo's   |   Alcatraz   |   Gangster sites today   |   Gangster Sites part 2   |   Dead Gangsters   |   Origins of the Scars   |   Collecting Al Capone?   |   The truth about Al Capone's signature   |   New Gangster Books   |   Links   |   About me   |   Contact Me The Lexington's Destruction Lexington Hotel's Destruction in photos Special thanks goes to Mr. Bill Helmer and Mr. Joe Walters for supplying  below pics of the Lexington. The Lexington moments before destruction. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) Front entrance where Capone would enter below the white columned arches. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) Painted Lexington sign Great architecture The Lexington later rebaptized the New Michigan hotel In this photo, the top window was Al's office and just under it Capone crew. (4th and 5th floors). Beautiful shot of The Lexington  with the sun beaming on it's terra cotta facade. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) Fire escape near rounded tower. Front view of entrance.(Photo courtesy of Mr. Bill Helmer) Close up view. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Bill Helmer) Nice view of advertising on side walls of Lexington. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Bill Helmer) The destruction begins like a cancer ravaging the middle section of the mighty Lexington. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) As the sun rises a clearer view is given of the destruction. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) Side shot of the same destruction. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) Alot of people got to take off  with precious items before the commencement of it's destruction. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) View of second floor and up. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) The for sale sign offers little help as a historic buiding that housed many important people such as a President Benjamin Harrison and of course Al Capone. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) Single columns are  left before total destruction caves the building to it's sad end. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) The Lexington final destruction stages are complete as Security or police standby to prevent people from entering the grounds. (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) Good-bye Lex! If your walls could talk!    (Photo Courtesy of Joe Walters) Photos by other enthusiasts   Lexington Hotel  entrance archway. ( Photo courtesy of Mr.Joseph Carrillo) The once mighty majestic Lexington Hotel before it's destruction.   ( Photo courtesy of Mr. Joseph Carrillo). Illinois underground tunnels. These ran through the city and close to the Lexington. (Mario Gomes collection).