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[upbeat rock music] both: ♪ i took a walk through this ♪ ♪ beautiful world ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this ♪ ♪ beautiful world ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ - ♪ la, la - ♪ sha la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ sha la, la, la, la - ♪ sha la, la, la - sha la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ sha la, la, la, la, la - pittsburgh is a city of neighborhoods, each with its own rites and rituals, a patchwork of cultures that took shape over a century ...

[ acordian ] ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la ♪ >> anthony: pittsburgh is a city of neighborhoods. each with its own rights, and rituals. a patchwork of cultures that took shape over a century ago. back then, the ...

All of this area, this whole flat parking lot area that you see, this is where we lived. devastation. they just completely devastated our whole neighborhood. - in the 1950s, the city came up with a plan to revitalize the hill district by leveling large swaths of it. 8,000 residents, including sala, were displaced, and instead of new housing, the land was used to build a hockey arena. - difficult, painful memories of what used to be, and now, we see suburbanites coming in to have a good time, vis...

>> anthony: wow. that was a very different america. >> sala: that was a very different america. >> pedestrian: how you doing, sala? >> sala: good, good. this is where i lived, this is where i grew up. all of this area, this whole flat parking lot area that you see. this is where we lived. devastation. they just completely devastated our whole neighborhood. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: in the 1950s, the city came up with a plan to revitalize the hill district by leveling large swaths of it. eight thousand...

They just completely devastated our whole neighborhood. ♪ >> anthony: in the 1950s, the city came up with a plan to revitalize the hill district by leveling large swaths of it. eight thousand residents, including sala, were displaced. and instead of new housing, the land was used to build a hockey arena. >> sala: difficult, painful memories of what used to be, and now we see suburbanites coming in to have a good time. visit the penguins. they dont live here. they just play here. and they dont,...

See. this is where we lived. devastation. they just completely devastated our whole neighborhood. ♪ >> anthony: in the 1950s, the city came up with a plan to revitalize the hill district by leveling large swaths of it. eight thousand residents, including sala, were displaced. and instead of new housing, the land was used to build a hockey arena. >> sala: difficult, painful memories of what used to be, and now we see suburbanites coming in to have a good time. visit the penguins. they dont live...

♪ >> anthony: in the 1950s, the city came up with a plan to revitalize the hill district by leveling large swaths of it. eight thousand residents, including sala, were displaced. and instead of new housing, the land was used to build a hockey arena. >> sala: difficult, painful memories of what used to be, and now we see suburbanites coming in to have a good time. visit the penguins. they dont live here. they just play here. and they dont, they dont know the pain that this playground caused.

>> sala: good, good. this is where i lived, this is where i grew up. all of this area, this whole flat parking lot area that you see. this is where we lived. devastation. they just completely devastated our whole neighborhood. >> anthony: in the 1950s, the city came up with a plan to revitalize the hill district by leveling large swaths of it. eight thousand residents, including sala, were displaced. and instead of new housing, the land was used to build a hockey arena. >> sala: difficult, painf...

This is where i lived, this is where i grew up. all of this area, this whole flat parking lot area that you see. this is where we lived. devastation. they just completely devastated our whole neighborhood. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: in the 1950s, the city came up with a plan to revitalize the hill district by leveling large swaths of it. eight thousand residents, including sala, were displaced. and instead of new housing, the land was used to build a hockey arena. >> sala: difficult, painful memories o...