Excellent piece by Salena Zito.
Posted on 10/11/2022 3:03:28 PM PDT by conservative98
BRADDOCK, Pa. — Tony Lundy is sitting on one of three chrome stools at Hocky Brothers auto parts store on Braddock Avenue, waiting to find out how much it will cost to fix his car.
Dressed in work clothes from the plant he works at nine miles down the river in Pittsburgh, the 61-year-old has called Braddock home for most of his life. Lundy fondly recalls growing up as one of 13 children surrounded by this once-vibrant community.
“The town was the place to be,” Lundy said. “Braddock Avenue had four or five businesses on every block on both sides of the street, every kind of business you could think of — shoe stores, dress shops, men’s stores, restaurants, beauty shops, barber shops, a grocery store. Now look at it, there is nothing.”
He points down the desolate street, devoid of the crowds that he says once walked shoulder to shoulder to get from one place to the other.
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Now 53, with a 6-foot-8 linebacker’s physique, shaved head, goatee, tattoos and a fondness for hoodies and cargo shorts, Fetterman has crafted a progressive hero legend for himself that locals say is far from the truth.
Indeed, the hopeful story of a young mayor saving this small Rust Belt town is full of holes. And no one is more disappointed than those who live here.
Lundy laughs when he hears Fetterman’s stories.
“Brought it back to what? Life? Come on. Look around you, there ain’t no life here, nothing is rebuilt here, nobody brought anything back, it got worse,” he said of Braddock.
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Excellent piece by Salena Zito.
He has to go around dressed like Dracula because of the creature trying to break out from under the skin in his neck.
Salena used to write for our local fishwrap before it went full mainstream.
The New York Post has been doing a great job of covering this Senate race. I don’t think I have seen as much coverage from the Inky or the PPG, certainly not like the article posted here.
This is the way Fetterman found Braddock. And that’s the way he left it.
Braddock is just a few miles from wealthy areas of Pittsburgh I believe.
It is also along a river.
FINALLY! Go after the Braddock MYTH! Braddock is a dumpy town of less than 2000. Smaller than most of our local HIgh Schools. Fetterman did nothing there. It remains a dump.
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I used to drive through Braddock every day to and from work at the Westinghouse in East Pittsburgh.
The place was a dump in the 80’s, and I can’t imagine it has gotten any better. The only business on Braddock Avenue that didn’t have bars on the windows and doors was the bakery (can’t remember the name, but it was a good bakery).
“ Braddock is just a few miles from wealthy areas of Pittsburgh I believe.
It is also along a river.”
Correct. It was a Steel mill town at one time. I live not far from there.
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