“I wanted to go back to my working-class roots,” he said. “I liked the challenge of fixing the building, and I thought I could save the block by doing it.”
"More than 50 years later, Bottari, 81, is still providing affordable housing in the neighborhood."
"Bottari, who has a bachelor’s from Roosevelt University in English literature with a minor in Romance languages, was a puppeteer and a clown and he also played the zampogna."