EV Vol. 31, No.12 -FREEEVE ER TT A household word in Everett for 30 years! ADDOCCO TEAT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 Friday, March 25, 2022 We don’t just make deals. We make it happen. TALK TO SEAN ABOUT OUR COMMERCIAL AND CONSTRUCTION LOANS. WE’RE READY TO HELP YOU GET STARTED. SEAN CUMMINGS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT SCUMMINGS@EVERETTBANK . COM 61 7-957-9989 Alfred Lattanzi, owner of Everett Supply and True Value Hardware, with his grandson Austin-James. Lattanzi has been at Everett Supply since 1976. (Advocate photo by Christopher Roberson) By Christopher Roberson E 419 BROADWAY, EVERETT MA 02149 WWW.EVERETTBANK .COM/COMMERCIALLENDING Member FDIC Member DIF SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com verett Supply and True Value Hardware has stood the test of time and is now the only independent hardware store left in the city. Owner Alfred Lattanzi said his parents, Mary and Babe, opened the store in the fall of 1950. “September is our 72nd anniversary,” he said. After working in engineering for 10 years at Boston’s Prudential Center, Lattanzi’s parents asked him to come work at the hardware store. “I came into the business in 1976 and never left,” he said. “Once I got into the business, I never wanted to leave. I like helping people, I enjoy that.” At that time, Lattanzi said, there were 10 other hardware stores in the city including Glendale Hardware, Twin City Supply, Central Hardware as well as Everett Home and Auto. In 1984, Lattanzi selected True Value as the store’s buying group, which has allowed him to do business with some of the largest hardware manufacturers in the country. “In order to survive, you need to be with a buying group,” he said, adding that Everett Supply has also partnered with California Paints and U-Haul. Then Home Depot opened in 1989 and created a major challenge for the smaller stores. “Home Depot decimated the hardware business,” said Lattanzi. However, as the other stores fell victim to the home improvement giant, Everett Supply remained open. “We were stubborn about it; we decided we wanted to stay,” said Lattanzi. “I’m the last independent hardware store in Everett. I’m the only one left, everyone else is gone.” In 2019, Lattanzi reached out to various developers to discuss the prospect of expanding. During the past three years, Lattanzi formed the idea of a mixed-use development. The proposal calls for 16 apartments to be built above the two existing commercial buildings at 403 Main St. The apartments would be divided into three stories with a pair of two-bedroom units on the top fl oor. The other two fl oors would house the remaining 14 one-bedroom units. Lattanzi said he also plans to have a parking garage in the rear of the property. EVERETT SUPPLY | SEE PAGE 2 Everett Supply a Main Street staple since 1950 Mixed-use development proposal before ZBA
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