Code,215010
Subject,Tony Pinzone
Date,7/20/2012
Interviewer,Gabby
Abstract,"Tony Pinzone's family came to the United States from Italy around 1910 and has been operating stands there since atleast the 1920s. He has worked at the Market since he was a teenager and in this interview describes some of the experiences that he has had at the Market, what his opinions about the current state of the Market and surrounding Ohio City neighborhood along with what he feels the future holds for both. "
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0,Family came from Italy around 1910 and started vending at the West Side Market Vegatable arcade. That is what they did over there in the old country.
1,Market was bustling at the time. Grandfather passed in 1956. Grandmother died in the 1960s. Uncle carried it on. Tony was brought into it to be showed how to work. Worked for a guy next to them for a summer.
2,Bought his own stand after working there for 6 years. Father's side was 1910 when they came over from Italy. Mother's side was around the same time.
3,"At the time the Market was an old world type of place. ""It made people feel at home."" It is still kind of that way. The flow of immigrants has changed this."
4,Other factors have changed the West Side Market including the advent of the grocery store. The rail system also changed this along with refrigeration.
5,Cleveland is a central hub due to its location in the midwest and Great Lakes region. Supply of water of the city.
6,Proximity of the lake is more of a benefit to recreation. Beyond being a distribution point the lake doesn't provide much for the Market. Has always lived in Cleveland area.
7,People from the old country congregated and stayed and eventually moved to the suburbs. There was a time when the market was a seasonal thing. Closed for three months. 
8,"Rent based on a 9 month year. Things called ""salamanders"" that were used to heat the place. He was a city kid, had a furnace and didn't have to shovel coal. Meat was a more interesting venture."
9,Worked 65 hours a week when he was 13-14. Earned $35. It really wasn't a lot of money. Learned a lot about working from this boss.
10,Earned $1.25 an hour when he moved inside. Worked for a man named Walter Ernfelt and learned a trade. Opened a store in Parma in 1995. West Side Market issues contracts that allows you to sell certain things.
11,"His stand allows him to sell fresh pork. At the store in Parma he can sell anything. All the things sold in traditional butcher shops. ""Market has been a cyclical thing over the years."""
12,Adament about the rent. Its fine to pay rent at peaks but not when in a lull. Want to keep things cheap so people come here instead of the gracery store.
13,Competition of the market makes the effort and quality better. Makes things better for the consumer.
14,Market competition is not cut throat. When they opened the Parma store people were concerned.
15,Concerned competitors continued. Market etiqutte discussed. By in large everyone gets along.
16,In terms of market etiquette some things are given. Describes market etiquette further.
17,Comraderie depends on the people. Tony groups vendors into four groups. First are guys you would have a beer with. The next is people you are friendly with but not like the first.
18,Third group is the guys you see in the hallway that you will say hey to. The last group are the people you absolutely hate. Mix of personalities. Centennial makes Tony proud. Describes family banners.
19,Family has been here a long time but the name is different. The ones who get the recognition are the ones who have the original name. Proud to be a vendor.
20,"""Meet the vendor"" piece. Enjoys being a vendor. "
21,"Thinks the market will always stand. The building itself is built to stand the test of time. ""This place is a fortress."" The inside will change. "
22,People's eating habits change and affects the market. People eat healthy anymore. Food is such a good part of life.
23,Describes people paying a lot to eat a little bit of food at weddings. People deprive themselves of eating and they are missing out on something that is really good.
24,The needs and wants of the people will cause the market to change. Contractions of people's diets discussed. No way that grandson will be vegan. People don't get pepperoni on pizza.
25,"""Everyone doesn't think like I do."" People worrying about weight bothers him. ""Go eat something."" Moderation in eating."
26,For people to enjoy it the market has to remain a true food market.
27,Would hate to see it become a flee market. Good for people to see the fresh meat. There was a time they would cut ten t-bones. Not so much anymore because families are smaller and people don't eat as much red meat anymore.
28,There is another movement towards organic and Tony gets that. Wants to think you can trust the FDA. Organic is expensive and expensive doesn't always equate to better.
29,Friend sells chicken. There isn't any local farmer that can supply him with enough chickens. 
30,"Further discussion of ""local meat."" Just because they are shipped here are they bad? A lot of the local talk is marketing."
31,"Local is not as important as people think. Doesn't think people fully appreciate how wonderful the Market is. One of the best markets in existence. People feel that tourism is ""wrecking it."""
32,"Tries to find people that are there that aren't regulars with his fellow vendor Hans. The older Tony gets he increasingly becomes a ""Cheerleader for the Market."""
33,"The older you get the more you realize what a tremedndous facility the market is. ""You have to shop anyway, come down here and enjoy it."""
34,Likes to see people who are from out of town that come occasionally. Proximity to the market isn't important. 
35,Talks about the neighborhood. All for the breweries and restraunts that are here. Makes people want to come.
36,Doesn't want other establishments to take thier eye off of what the neighborhood is and that is the Market.
37,"Market will still be here a long time if others don't do major things to hurt it. Wants future generations to be able to enjoy it. ""Important to nurture it."""
38,The Market will still be here even if everything else is not. Others want the place to be open longer hours. Speaks about logistics of doing this.
39,"""Maybe stay open late one night but we are here enough"" Its all centered around the hours that they are open."
40,The Market is open 40 hours the way it is. Owner is not going to be there 70 hours a week. People want the Market open just so they can wander around and show thier friends.
41,The core of the Market are the guys who sell the fresh meats and vegatables. When people get away from this that is when issues arise. Discussion of parking.
42,Continued discussion of parking. End of Interview.