Before we venture inside, take notice of Roscoe Alley, where adventurous souls engage in a variety of pastimes. Test your skills with a Tommy gun in the Golden Age Gallery or become an enforcer in the Back Alley Challenge. You might also take a spin in our Tin Lizzies as bootleggers or buzzers racing along Liquor Lane.

What’s that you say, kid? “What’s a buzzer?” Buzzer is another name for the police; along with copper, flatfoot, flatties, bulls and paddies. The term buzzer actually compares a cop’s badge to a doorbell. One supposes a drunk or two have thought they pushed the buzzer to get into their building, only to end up riding downtown in a paddy wagon.

I’ll try to keep the Speakeasy slang to a minimum from now on, or this tour could become a hound dog chasing its tail. You see, kid, a hound dog is this furry critter that… Oh, never mind!