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ABOUT WHAT MADE THEN CASSIUS
CLAY INTO ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST RECOGNIZABLE FIGURES.
NEIGHBORHOOD,
ANY STREET IN AMERICA, GREATNESS
IT HAPPENS INSIDE THOSE
WALLS.
COLI THE MAN KNOWN AS "THE
GREATEST" ONCE LIVED INSIDE THIS
AVENUE.
THE HOUSE NOW IS DESIGNED TO
REMIND PEOPLE OF THE VALUES THAT
MADE MUHAMMAD ALI ONE OF THE
MOST RECOGNIZABLE PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD.
CO-OWNER GEORGE BOCHETTO SAYS
HIS FOCUS IS THE FORMATIVE YEARS
BEFORE THE WORLD CAME TO KNOW
MUHAMMAD ALI.
>> I'M GOING TO BRING YOU BACK
TO THE 1950'S.
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HOW HE GREW
UP, WHERE HIS BEDROOM WAS, WHAT
YOUNGER BROTHER, THE
RELATIONSHIP HE HAD WITH HIS
PARENTS, HIS LOVING MOTH
ODESSA.
THAT'S WHY THE HOUSE IS PINK,
THAT WAS HER FAVORITE COLOR.
COLIN: BOCHETTO, A FORMER
PENNSYLVANIA STATE BOXING
COMMISSIONER AND PHILADELPHIA
LAWYER, WANTED TO UNEARTH THE
STORIES AND CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
THE ALI HOUSE AND THE MONT
HOME NEXT DOOR WILL TAKE PEOPL
BACK 70 YEARS WHEN THEN-CASSIUS
AND BROTHER.
>> THIS HOUSE A BIG PART OF HOW
MUHAMMAD GREW UP.
>> RAHMAN AND MUHAMMAD USED TO
BABYSIT FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF
TH
MONTGOMERYS, SO THEY WOULD
WALK AND BABYSIT IN THE HOUSE.
BALONEY
REFRIGERATOR.
COLIN: FRIENDS AND FAMILY LIKE
ROBERT COLEMAN HAVE HELPED
RECAPTURE THE HISTORY.
HE'S KNOWN ALI AND HIS FAMILY
SINCE 1946.
GROWING UP WITH HIM WAS FUN.
ALL YOU SEE OF HIM NOW IS HIM
THEN.
HE WAS THAT FUN PERSON.
ALI DIDN'T PLAY SPORTS WITH US
FOR REAL.
HE WASN'T DYING TO PLAY FIRST OR
SECOND BASE, MOSTLY JUST IN YOUR
WAY, SO WHEN HE ACTUALLY STARTED
FIGHTING, WE DIDN'T TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY.
COLIN: FURNISHINGS APPLIANCES
ARTWORK ARE STILL BEING
COLLECTED FOR PARTS OF THE
HOUSE.
HERE IN THE FAMILY'S REC ROOM,
NATALIE