As he has on most nights for the last 46 years, Nick Pecoraro was watching the world go by on Wednesday from the porch of his ornately embellished two-story house on India Street, right at the foot of the Little Italy sign. The Sicilian-born Pecoraro, 73, is a reigning member of the historic neighborhood's old guard, as much of a fixture as the sign itself.
And he's not going anywhere, even if he knows he's sitting on gold-leaf-adorned gold mine. "Money? There is no money for this. You can't put a value on this," he says, pointing to the bustle on the street. "I love the people, I love the noise.... I don't need to watch TV with the fake people. The fake people, they don't talk to you. I've got the real people right here.
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