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From YouTube: 25 FID Kennedy Grand Opening
Description
During World War II, the 25 Fid Kennedy building played an integral role in heavy machine production for the U.S. Navy. After sitting empty for decades in the Seaport, the Cannistraro Company has received Historic Preservation Certification to bring the building back to its former glory. Cannistraro will employ over one hundred people to perform welding, piping assembly, and large sheet metal fabrication for installation at construction sites throughout the region. John, David, and Joseph Cannistraro spoke about their company's journey, and Mayor Walsh offered remarks on the legacy of this historic building.
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A
A
B
Of
my
family,
my
brothers,
David
and
Joe
we're
sitting
sitting
here
with
me
today.
We
welcome
everyone
here
and
brief
reception
downstairs.
Just
was
overwhelming
for
an
opportunity
to
see
that
everybody
here
from
a
different
different
tier
in
this
industry
developers,
civic
engineers,
architects,
advisers,
trade
unions,
contractors,
vendors
suppliers,
everybody
that
we've
worked
with
in
the
last
over
50
years
and
today
to
see
you
all
here.
B
B
Rehabilitate
this
building
to
the
every
detail
of
the
windows
and
the
doors
was
just
a
labor
of
love
and
for
everybody
here
that
had
a
part
in
that
we
thank
you
so
much.
We
were
ever
grateful.
We
would
never
attempt
it
nor
completed
this
project
without
everyone's
help,
and
everyone
is
in
this
room
that
helped
us.
So
thank
you
very,
very
much.
B
Manufacturing
sure,
plumbing
and
ductwork
and
piping
sprinkler,
work
and
welding.
All
of
that
is
well
and
good,
but
it's
everybody
else
that
we
can
bring
here
is
what's
important
to
us
and
that's
what
the
future
holds.
That's
how
this
industry
will
change
and
what
recon
certainly
reminds
me
of
this
change
is
the
location
of
this
building.
I
looked
out
here
and
I
see
an
ocean.
B
That's
constantly
changing
its
ominous,
its
majestic,
but
it's
changing
every
day,
and
it
reminds
me
that
we
have
to
change
and
adapt
to
face
what
this
ocean
will
do
soon
and
then
I.
Look
this
way
and
I
see
the
city
I
see
the
city.
That's
changed
before
my
eyes
for
the
last
I've
been
in
this
business
a
long
time
since
the
70s,
and
it's
changed
dramatically
in
Sochi.
How
do
we
change
as
an
industry
to
continuously
support
this
city
and
neun
greater
ways,
and
that's
all
of
our
challenge.
B
And
what
we
need
to
do
this
is
opportunity
we
need
opportunity
for
all
and
that's
why
we
moved
to
the
city
from
opportunity
to
provide
people
that
otherwise
would
have
none
a
place
here
at
the
table
and
in
this
job
and
in
these
building
trades
that
we
all
call
our
careers
and
that's
why
we're
here
we
want
people
that
will
work
with
their
head
their
hands
in
their
heart,
because
those
are
the
true
artists
and
that's
the
diversity
that
we
all
need.
We
need
differing
opinions
to
promote
and
ideas
and
life
experiences
are
different.
C
C
Here
we
went
over
and
met
with
him
to
talk
about
the
industry
and
he
started
talking
about
what
he
wanted
to
do
in
the
business
and
he
had
no
idea
what
my
future
plans
would
want
it
to
be,
or
he
really
didn't
know
me,
and
we
started
talking
about
a
whole
bunch
of
different
things
which
I'll
touch
upon
in
a
second
to
all
the
people
to
hear
all
the
owners
it
everyone
wants
something
they
do.
It
was
a
project.
Thank
you.
C
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout-out
to
Brian
golden
the
director
of
the
BPD,
a
and
Edic
rich
McGinnis
who's
running
the
master
plan
and
there's
so
much
in
our
city.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
from
the
city
in
the
different
departments
in
the
sea
for
the
great
work
you
do.
I
want
to
congratulate
everyone
involved
in
this
project.
C
I
want
to
introduce
a
few
of
people
that
are
here
that
are
going
to
be
that
are
part
of
this
conversation
and
part
of
that
what's
happening
here
and
that's
Peter
Gibbons,
the
business
manager
of
the
sprinkle
finish:
Brian
Kelley,
the
business
manager
of
a
pipe
fitters
harry
Brett,
the
business
manager,
plumbers
and
I
didn't
see,
I
see
Russ
potash
the
secretary
treasurer
of
the
shemail
workers.
Thank
you
all
to
trade.
The
mechanical
trade
sitting
here
today
feel
up
great
work.
C
Last
week
in
Boston
we
had
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors,
naturally
just
ended,
and
we
had
250
minutes
for
America
come
to
our
city,
and
every
single
man
to
a
person
was
talking
about
how
incredible
our
city
is,
and
they
had
a
chance
to
sit
down
with
housing
team
and
our
economic
development
team.
What
we're
doing
on
diversity
and
all
these
different
things
were
talking
about,
but
on
Monday
we
had
a
meeting
over
at
the
hotel,
which
Danny
will
her
and
let
in,
and
they
were
talking
about
operation
exit
about.
C
We
are
changing
as
a
city,
we're
changing
as
a
country
and
I
honestly
feel
I
love
the
way,
we're
changing
as
a
city
and
not
too
excited
about
all
the
changing
as
a
country
right
now,
because
we're
creating
opportunities
in
our
city
in
what
this
presents.
What
this
project
presents
is
that
opportunity
this
this
project
represents
good
jobs,
good
wages,
a
wide
range
of
workers.
This
project
talks
about
makes
creativity
and
innovation
happen.
It
builds
the
best
about
our
paths
and
were
highly
moving
up
in
the
future.
C
Boston
is
really
moving
on
all
different,
all
cylinders.
Right
now
the
John
talked
about
the
growing
area.
If
you
look
at
the
waterfront
in
Boston,
it's
changed
in
the
last
year
needed
my
first
job
as
a
construction
worker
wisdom
on
Amalthea,
and
you
looked
when
I
was
all
comely
and
nothing
was
there.
The
fish
peanut
borrowers
across
the
street,
the
seaport,
Hotel
hadn't
happened
yet
the
multi
courthouse
wasn't
bill.
Tech
wasn't
here.
C
There
was
parking,
lots
and
abandoned
buildings
and
empty
space
Lin
that
no
one
really
thought
of
at
that
time
that
you
could
actually
create
innovation.
So
you
look
at
the
other
side
and
you
think
of
innovation.
You
think
of
you
think
of
what
that
represented
years
ago
and
that
represented
the
fishing
industry.
What
this
building
represented
was
vessels
and
parts
of
vessels
were
made
here
to
help
us
win
world
war.
Two
that
changed
the
course
of
the
world
right
here
in
this
very
spot.
C
You
provided
jobs
at
the
time
that
we
needed
it
provided
opportunities
at
the
time
that
we
needed
it,
provided
the
generation,
the
greatest
generation
that
opportunity
to
earn
a
living
and
move
forward
and
help
help
the
middle
class
fast
forward.
Seventy-Five
years
later,
down
the
other
end,
we
talk
about
innovation.
We
have
a
General
Electric
down
that
we
have
Amazon
down
there.
We
have.
We
have
so
many
great
companies
that
are
coming
to
our
waterfront
that
are
creating
innovative
jobs
and
and
instant
solutions
to
help
build
the
middle
class.
C
When
you
think
about
what's
happening
in
this
very
building,
it's
the
next
couple
generations
later
and
what's
what's
happening
here:
you're
producing
jobs
for
the
middle
class,
allowing
families
people
to
come
in
here
and
support
their
family.
Young
people
come
here,
work
and
raise
a
family.
That's
what's
happening.
Today's
Boston
continues
to
make
things
happen
because
we
need
we
need
innovation,
we
need
discoveries,
we
need
product
and
machinery,
you
need
knots
and
design
and
that's
the
strength
of
our
talents
and
that's
what's
happening
right
here
in
this
very
building
in
the
city
of
Boston.
C
It's
about
the
quality
of
jobs
that
will
bring
into
our
city
with
good
pay
benefits.
It's
about
the
creativity
of
those
job
to
bring
into
our
city
because
of
the
ideas
of
today's
workforce
in
creating
the
jobs
of
tomorrow.
It's
about
access
to
those
opportunities
to
the
community
needs
of
the
most
in
2011
when
I
went
to
took
over
the
village
trades.
C
Well,
they
didn't
have
a
cousin
that
was
the
business
manager
somewhere
else.
Well,
they
didn't
have
a
friend
whose
father
ran
a
construction
company
I
knew
the
business
manager
to
get
them
in
the
back
door.
That's
what's
happening
today,
and
we
need
to
continue
that
we
need
to
continue
to
create
opportunities.
C
This
site
here
and
what's
happening
at
this
site,
is
absolutely
amazing.
It's
fulfilling
the
full
potential
of
the
marine
industrial
time,
creating
opportunities.
What
we're
going
to
do
on
the
maritime
side,
but
also
creating
opportunities
for
jobs,
jobs
of
all
different
skill
levels,
I
didn't
graduate
from
college.
So
it's
40
something
years
old
I
was
fortunate
to
go
to
college.
C
Not
everyone
has
that
opportunity
to
go
to
college,
give
people
the
opportunity
to
work
with
their
hands
in
the
trade,
and
it's
not
just
about
getting,
is
a
skill
trade,
because
not
anyone
can
come
up
and
cut
a
pipe
that
I
think
I'm
gonna,
try
and
do
later
on.
But
I
can't
do
that,
because
I
don't
have
a
union
book
in
there.
Those
trades
on
the
label
is
booked
I'll
clean
up
the
messes.
Somebody
makes
it
but
I
want
to.
You
know,
what's
happening
down
here
incredible.
C
C
That
excitement
going
on
the
operations
in
this
building
will
have
as
money
as
as
many
as
200
workers
working
in
and
they
came
here
for
advantages
and
that
the
park
has
to
offer
easy
access
to
downtown
Boston
transportation,
a
skilled
workforce,
a
city,
that's
committed
to
protection,
expanding
our
industrial
bases,
but
the
power
of
the
park
is
not
what
happens
here.
Projects
like
this
park
will
help
us
inspire,
innovate
and
innovate
and
make
us
a
manufacturing
hub
in
developing
areas
all
across
our
city.
C
It's
providing
training
that
can
help
our
workforce
develop
alongside
our
industrial
base,
Boston's
succeeding
today,
and
we
need
to
continue
to
make
sure
we
diversify
the
industries
that
in
our
city,
so
that
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
work
in
these
industries
because,
like
I
said
earlier,
not
everyone
is
set
up
to
work
in
the
tech
companies
that
are
on
that
side
of
the
park.
But
between
that
side
and
what's
happening
here,
we
can
pretty
much
cover
everyone
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
successful
future
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
C
B
B
Dilemma:
2.0
Dave,
Melton,
Mulligan,
Foreman,
the
sheet
metal
shop,
Billy,
Gardner,
Foreman
and
fire
protection,
sharp
mic,
Warford
woman
of
the
plumbing
shop
and
then
a
Podolski
foreman
of
the
welding
shop,
who
basically
moved
in
from
three
different
locations
in
facilities.
Mike,
Jameson
and
Erin
Carlson
four
locations
to
get
under
one
starting
in
March
to
get
under
one
roof,
all
organized
all
unpacked
and
continually
making
product
to
support
over
600
people
in
the
field
on
a
daily
basis
without
missing
a
beat
and
they
deserve
a
round
of
applause.
B
D
Thanks
John
I
won't
be
long.
My
brother
John
has
said
a
lot
about
our
mission
and
our
vision
as
welded,
Mia,
Walsh
and
I.
Don't
think
I
could
top
what
they
said.
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
this
first
award,
this
fit
award
will
go
to
mayor
Walsh
and
the
City
of
Austin
for
sharing
us
the
same
vision
that
we
have,
and
you
know,
I,
think
a
lot
of
how
my
dad,
who
started
the
business.
You
know
55
years
ago.
He
was
one
of
those
people
that
needed
a
break.
D
He
had
a
mentor,
he
worked
for
in
waltham
and
a
plumbing
shop.
He
said
you
should
go
to
college,
learn
to
become
an
engineer.
This
country
needs
engineers
and
he
became
a
chemical
engineer.
He
started
this
business
and
he
had
no
customers.
He
had
a
banging
on
every
door.
He
had
some
of
the
customers
he
had
to
leave.
A
stack
of
business
cards
is
high
and
ultimately
he
did
get
in
and
he
created
and
set
the
groundwork
for
this,
but
it
was
his
attitude
of
that
really
won
the
day.
D
B
Designed
by
the
artist
for
Humanity-
and
it
says,
tools
of
the
trade-
and
it
says
fid,
it's
a
nautical
term-
and
now
a
wooden
pin
used
to
part
strands
of
rope
and
this
street
is
named
fit
Kennedy
after
JFK's
uncle
Thomas
fit
Kennedy
because
it
was
a
longshoreman
and
he
used
the
FID
all
the
time
to
untie
the
knots
and
we
used
a
different
acronym
for
a
fabrication
industry
and
design
FID.
So
it's
a
FID.
E
Well,
I'll
be
even
briefer
than
Joan,
so
for
our
next
award,
IO
decided
to
Google
the
definition
of
architect
not
to
give
away
from
the
winner
to
earlier.
In
the
talk
button,
there
you
go
a
person
who
designs
buildings
and,
in
many
cases,
also
supervises
their
construction
and
I
thought
that's
going
to
be
the
worst
definition
of
an
architect,
I've
heard,
at
least
for
our
architect.
E
It's
Johnny
Joe
mentioned
a
couple
years
ago,
when
we
first
thought
that
this
parcel
was
going
to
be
a
reality
for
us
to
win.
We
said
we
need
a
team.
We
can't
do
this
ourselves
and
so
on.
Our
first
call
went
out
to
our
architect
and
we
said:
hey.
We
got
this
whole
building
in
South
Boston
in
the
industrial
park.
We
want
to
make
it
a
fab
shop
and
make
the
historical
preservation
on
it.
E
He
said
I'm
in
what
do
you
need,
and
so
that
was
three
three
and
a
half
years
ago,
and
from
that
day
forward
we
really
built
our
team
around
this
architecture.
He
brought
in
so
many
consultants
and
for
permanent
historical
renovations
through
the
design
development
process,
budgeting
means
and
methods
contractor
selection,
you
name
it.
He
was
there
and
a
lot
of
people
skills.
He
18.
A
A
B
B
Okay,
now
for
the
grand
piece
de
resistance,
so
before
all
this
a
little
housekeeping
check
out
the
pop-up
art,
it's
phenomenal
and
please
stay
for
lunch
and
tours
great
catered
affair,
do
a
wonderful
job.
We
have
great
great
food
and
some
camaraderie
and
guaranteed
everybody
could
be
out
of
here
by
one
o'clock,
so
be
ashamed
of
not
eat
the
food.
Please
stay
and
enjoy
the
art.
It's
just
phenomenal!
That's
the
museum
artisan
residency
program
that
we
have
in
Watertown
with
our
fit
with
the
plumbing
museum.
That's
just
they
do
some
great
work.