On the cusp of being a teenager, Charlie Gargiulo lived through the destruction of his Little Canada community of Lowell in the 1960”s.  His memoir tells that experience through his eyes as he lived it. A legendary community organizer, he later founded the Coalition for a Better Acre, a nationally recognized community development group to prevent other forced displacement efforts from happening to others and to ensure people would have decent housing and a fair chance to earn a living and make a happy life for themselves. Michael Patrick MacDonald, famed author of: All Souls: A Family Story from Southie” said of the memoir, “Charlie Gargiulo has unearthed for us a time capsule of treasures…buried deep by the heartless blows of Urban Renewal’s wrecking ball…”