>> anthony: so, how long have you lived in this community? >> man in gray hat: 78 years. >> anthony: so, your whole life? >> man in gray hat: yes. >> anthony: now, the first wave of italians that came over here from italy, why did they come here? did they come here for steel jobs? coal? >> man in gray hat: actually, trade. i think they came here more for the trade. >> anthony: yeah? >> man in gray hat: yeah. >> man in black hat: plumbers, bricklayers, any kind of trade like that. >> man in pirates hat: some italians said that they were told to come over here and they were going to find the roads paved with gold. they said, they didn't tell us we had to build them first. >> anthony: how has the neighborhood changed over the years? still predominantly italian-american, or? >> man in gray hat: yeah, not as much as it was, but still more italian than anything else. >> anthony: well, for 35 years or so it was a tough time for pittsburgh. why'd people stay? >> man in gray hat: family, famiglia. >> man in pirates hat: i tell people, when you come to bloomfield don't talk about anybody because we're all connected somehow.