Every day, Jim Pignetti sees the past in the present. He can’t help but be reminded of the way things were because his business, Metalmen, is only four and a half blocks from the house he grew up in.
He and his older brother lived there with their parents, their uncle and their maternal grandparents, who had come over from Sicily.
The backyard garden had fig trees and a grapevine, and Jim used to deliver newspapers to the business at Metalmen’s address.
He played Johnny Rides a Pony…
