Code,215001
Subject,Richard Calabrese
Date,6/6/2012
Interviewer,Gabriela Halligan-Taylor
Abstract,"In this 2012 interview, fruit vendor Richard Calabrese speaks about his life at the West Side Market. He briefly describes how his grandmother started the business as an Italian immigrant, and how immigration influenced how the West Side Market operated and still operates today. Calabrese describes going to the market with his family at a young age, and how his family was spread all over Cleveland as vendors, before coming back together at the West Side Market. He tells stories of how the market was before indoor heating was installed, how Cleveland weather affected their business, the Browns playoff at the market, and the melting pot of Cleveland, which seems to be a re-occurring theme. He then finishes talking about how he feels about the West Side Market Centennial."
Special Notes,"West Side Market, Cleveland immigration, Cleveland weather, Cleveland Browns"
minutes:,24
0,"father and uncle, and growing up on the west side"
1,"grandmother starting at the West Side Market,"
2,"WWII rations [butter], starting at the WSM"
3,"""..doing a man's job being a child.."""
4,"fresh fruit unloading daily, fruit during the 1940s and 1950s"
5,"""..you didn't cherries in the winter time.."""
6,"Browns playoff in 1984, and the market during the winter time"
7,"""we really haven't missed a day, even in the bad snows... we watch them [the customers] grow up"
8,"""smaller refridgerators, bigger families, you couldn't pack it... going home with their live chickens..."""
9,"comparing a typical day ""back in the day"", to a typical day now.. family vending on the East Side Market"
10,"Family vending at the Central Market, and ""the melting pot for Cleveland."""
11,The ethnic culture at WSM
12,"""don't ever forget this market bought your first pair of shoes..."""
13,"describing the feeling of the Indians in the World Series.. his ""sports family"""
14,"""biggest worry"" is the weather"
15,new customers at the WSM
16,"""if you like us you'll be back...it's never like the grocery store."""
17,"""everybody is working."" their ""biggest downfall"" is people needing to take time out of their day"
18,"keeping the speed up at the market.. holidays at the market-- ""again, the melting pot of Cleveland."""
19,role of the church at the market during the holidays.. more on the melting pot
20,"""everybody is like a little family here"""
21,"on the centennial, his family ""fought a lot"" to keep the market thriving"
22,"winter at the market, ""salamander stove"", his grandfather and ""coke stoves"""
23,"""as a kid... I could smell all the fruit.. being here all this time I can't smell the fruit anymore."""
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