Samuel Piccolo
Samuel Piccolo
Samuel Piccolo is a PhD candidate in political theory at Notre Dame and previously worked as a reporter at a community newspaper. Follow Samuel online: Website
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Vested Interest’s 70,000 square feet of space is comprised of what was formerly two addresses: 240 E Tutt, and 251 E Sample. These are their histories as recounted by those who know them and as documented in the South Bend Tribune.
The moment I walked into my new office’s Christmas party at the Studebaker Museum on Chapin, I wanted to leave immediately. My coworkers had so often mentioned “Studebaker” that I couldn’t help to be aware that it had once existed, and that its vanishing had left scars on the skin of the city and on the psyches of its inhabitants.
In the summer of 1969, I was ten years old, and I spent it doing two things: playing marbles and waiting for Sunday. I liked Sundays because of Crimson and Clover and drives to the lake.
When we arrived at the County 4-H fair last Friday evening, the air was thick with a mix of oils—from the deep fryers and the rides’ gears, and the grounds were packed, shoulder to shoulder in some places. Dusk approached, but still, the sky was bright blue.
Close your eyes and you can almost see the future. It is 2031. You are in downtown South Bend. You walk to Michigan and Colfax and hop on the streetcar. Where do you want to go? Notre Dame for the football game? The Farmers’ Market for breakfast? Mishawaka for a bar where you can smoke cigarettes inside? Pick one. The tram will take you there.