Sundays at Rocco's

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Nicholas Petron's grandfather, Rocco Galasso, moved to New York City from Italy with the hopes of making a better life. For eighteen years Rocco served as owner and superintendent of an apartment building where much of his family resided--until the day they were given notice that their building faced demolition to make way for new apartments. As Nick remembers, that's when everything changed.

Funding provided by:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
National Endowment for the Arts
In partnership with POV

• Category

  Film & Animation

[Spectacular66]

An American dream crushed by the very people who promote it

[kma198199]

this thumbnail reminded me of ren and stimpy

[DblC3]

You mean you never...? You poor, deprived fellow!

[MacyPooh196]

lol i love your accent for your grandfather

[marcia beguito]

Oi. Não está traduzindo! Marcia

[saiboladapo]

I wish that my family was bonded that way. I don't even know where some of them are now.

[saiboladapo]

So, they was bonded together by the apartment snd when sold it, they separted and broke up that bond.

[Simone forbooks]

Yeah, they were family but they paid for the apartment and it's fair because v they got it first. God.

[Dillon Norris]

i wish I ever had an actual family dinner

[Miikaika25]

My question is who build the building? and you have an entire apartment complex filled mostly with family?...other people need a place to live too

[Cesariono]

People do the craziest things out of love.

[theeldergamers2000]

Why does everyone in story corps have a comically large nose