Code,999037
Subject,Mary Jo Mazzarella
Date,6/9/2007
Interviewer,Erin Bell
Abstract,"In this 2007 interview, Mary Jo Mazzarella, a resident of the Detroit-Shoreway area of Cleveland and owner/manager of American Limousine Service, talks about her history with the Detroit-Shoreway area of Cleveland.  Mazzarella spent her early years in the 1960s  living on West 112th Street, but remembers visiting her Italian grandparents who lived on West 69th and ran a delicatessen on the corner of 69th and Detroit.  She also remembers many stories that her father told her about the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood in which he grew up.  Mazzarella moved to Detroit-Shoreway in the 1970s and became close to the Italian neighborhood located near Our Lady of Mount Carmel remembering both the sights and the smells of the area.  Mazzarella left Cleveland for a decade to live in San Francisco, but returned to Detroit-Shoreway in the 1990s and is raising her family in a condo on West 54th Street."
Special Notes,"detroit shoreway, italian ethnicity, catholic parishes,"
minutes:,60
0,introduction and background
1,West Side Italians: nieghborhood events and businesses
2,Our Lady of Mt. Carmel festival: description and dates
3,"St. Patricks Church: ""...stayed the same. Its like a time capsule!"""
4,"Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, youth activities"
5,"Catholic Parishes:  St. Patricks, Our Lady of Mt Carmel, others"
6,"impact of upcoming Parish Consolidations, future use of historic churches"
7,"American Limousine Service, history"
8,"""My father drove the Beatles in 1964..."", other high profile customers"
9,"Detroit Shoreway:  ""I wouldn't want to live anywhere else"""
10,"daily routine and nieghborhood amenities, involvement w/ community"
11,"Cleveland, ""Green"" development"
12,creating a bicycle-friendly environment
13,"Canalway Towpath, bike trails"
14,"Cleveland Bicycle Couriers, history (13:40)"
15,Capital Theater; Detroit Shoreway living as family tradition
16,"Detroit Shoreway, amenities: infrastructure, arts district, dining"
17,"housing, diversity"
18,"Edgewater Park, Battery Park, bridge mural"
19,"Italian areas, Stoneman Irish Pub, Saigon Plaza, Arts District, churches, etc."
20,"Detroit Shoreway, crime: memorial service for slain artist at Labyrinth"
21,"Detroit Shoreway Arts District, value of"
22,
23,"Near West Theater, history and description"
24,programming
25,"""America Through the Looking Glass"" play (24:50), ""Cats"""
26,"""UrineTown"", history and mission"
27,"""it's touched thousands and thousands of people"""
28,"Our Lady of Mount Carmel festival: ""it's like being in Italy"""
29,"Parades/Events: Parade the Circle, St. Patricks Day, Anti-War protests"
30,"Detroit Shoreway, changing demography: ""white flight"""
31,"Detroit Shoreway, gay and lesbian community"
32,"Detroit Shoreway, community involvement and friendly neighborhood"
33,
34,"""living in the city still cultivates that sense of community"""
35,"Detroit Shoreway, gentrification and affordable housing"
36,"Cuyahoga Community Land Trust, mission and other details"
37,
38,"Detroit Shoreway, urban issues: cultivating a sense of community"
39,
40,urban crime and parenting
41,
42,"Euclid Corridor Transportation Project: ""it's gonna be great"""
43,"connecting Cleveland assetts, public transit"
44,Detroit Shoreway Streetscape Project
45,
46,"Edgewater Park: neighborhood vistas, recreation"
47,"access, West Shoreway redevelopment"
48,"""Slave's Cave""/Underground Railroad"
49,"Gay and Lesbian community, diversity"
50,
51,Detroit Shoreway CDC/ Ward17 Forum: open debate on development issues
52,
53,Our Lady of Mount Carmel: roller-skating parties
54,"Detroit Shoreway: ""nieghborhoods will change but...preserving the history is really important"""
55,"Detroit Shoreway, industrial decline: creative re-use of industrial buildings"
56,"I-90 Highway Construction: ""there should've been an exit on W65th"""
57,eminent domain
58,impact on business
59,"Detroit Shoreway, dining: ""I really miss those old ethnic [businesses]"""
60,END of CLIP
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