Code,999007
Subject,Anthony Anzalone
Date,2/9/2006
Interviewer,Mark Souther
Abstract,"In this 2006 interview, Anthony Anzalone, a long time resident of the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, talks about his life experiences in this west side neighborhood of Cleveland.  Mr. Anzalone grew up in the neighborhood in the 1950s and recounts memories of his Italian grandfather, who played a trumpet in a local band, playing at the Lady of Mount Carmel annual festival and parade. Mr. Anzalone also talks about Our Lady of Mount Carmel as an anchor of the community, and about Father Marino who served at the Church for decades and effected many changes in the neighborhood designed to keep the neighborhood together.  Mr. Anzalone also talks about his involvement with Ray Pianka in the 1980s to restore the neighborhood, including the Gordon Square Arcade.  Mr. Anzalone talks about a number of the buildings in the area, and businesses in these buildings--both past and present."
Special Notes,"detroit shoreway, our lady of mount carmel, italian ethnic traditions"
minutes:,54
0,introduction and background
1,west side italian family traditions - Sunday dinners at grandparents' W. 74th St. house.
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3,"""as happened with everybody in the 1960s, everybody grew up and took off"""
4,"""[after dinner] the women did the dishes… the men played casino, and they shipped us kids (6-7 years old) off to Madison Theater.""  No fear of crime."
5,"Detroit Shoreway: ""to me, it looks the same as it did forty years ago..."""
6,"Our Lady of Mount Carmel, annual festival and parade in July."
7,Italian music and musicians - his grandpa played the trumpet.
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10,story about choosing  site of first home on Alger Court (runs from W. 67th to 69th)
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12,italian music: annual performance of Carmen (trad. arrangement) - late 1950s.
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16,"""that music and that band was the main reason people used to go [to the festival]"""
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18,"festival schedule and program: ""in the 80s and 90s, things changed"" - names of priests, including Fr. Marino."
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20,"""in the early days it was all about family...  It was a big deal"""
21,"""exodus in the 1960s... to North Olmsted or Parma or wherever they go…[but] they all come back [for the festival]"""
22,"25 cent raffle (prizes: gallon of olive oil, block of mozzarella cheese, jug of wine)"
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24,"the aroma of italian style sausage: ""it's irresistible to say the least"""
25,"Detroit Shoreway, changes: ""[after travels] I came back a different person"""
26,"""for the most part, the only thing that changes are people"""
27,"""father marino was one of the ones that initiated all the change""; creation of Villa Mercede (retirement community behind Our Lady of Mount Carmel)"
28,"""in the 70s and 80s, if something didn't change for the positive, this place was going to be [lost]""; importance of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a community anchor"
29,"In any neighborhood--when the church goes, the neighborhood is gone."
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31,"Detroit Shoreway Development Corporation, creation and early history"
32,"""it was just a chain of events that was… inevitable"""
33,"Ray Pianka, ran for Council against the incumbent: ""things got a little nasty"""
34,expansion; appraisal of work
35,"Gordon Square Arcade: ""this place was a step back in time"""
36,still operating as a hotel at time of arrival; previous uses of the building
37,"""I think they still have one of the [air raid shelter] signs downstairs"""
38,Commercial tennants at time of arrival
39,"Hotel residents: ""they needed a place to live on what little income they had"""
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42,"Detroit Shoreway, Italian restaurants in the 1980s:  ""each one was better than the last"""
43,"""you're never gonna get neighborhood dollars at an eatery around here.  They'd rather go to north olmstead or to a mall…"""""
44,Two great bakeries in the neighborhood - Fioccas and Isabellas on 69th. Two historic hotels: Gordon Square Hotel and The Detroiter.
45,Renovations sponsored by detroit shoreway development corp.
46,"Gordon Square, businesses: drugstore ""the pharmacist …that owned the place now works at Rite Aid down the street"""
47,work with Detroit Shoreway
48,"His involvement--from 1982 until the 1990s, on and off about 10 years.  Safety Coordinator, Board Member, Kids programs."
49,"Detroit Shoreway, crime: prostitution and drugs in the 1980s."
50,Difficulty of identifying drug addicts who have turned to prostitution
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52,"Prostitution: ""You don't see it like you used to, but it's still there"""
53,Closing comments
54,End
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