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Little Italy (also Italian: Piccola Italia) is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, known for its Italian population. It is bounded on the west by Tribeca and Soho , on the south by Chinatown , on the east by the Bowery and Lower East Side , and on the north by Nolita .
Little Italy. World map of first level subdivisions (states, counties, provinces, etc.) that are home to Little Italys or Italian neighbourhoods. Little Italy is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many ...
Feb 20, 2015 · The Bowery Boys #177: Little Italy: La Grande Storia. An Italian boy on his way to school in New York, taken between 1910 and 1915. A street musician and a cop on Mulberry Street, 1897.
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Mar 22, 2017 · From 1860 to 1880 at least 68,000 Italians explored New York City life. While many Italians first resided in Lower Manhattan’s Little Italy, others moved out to East Harlem and created a larger Little Italy in the bigger homes and wider streets.
When Little Italy Was Big. At its largest, Little Italy used to occupy a space in lower Manhattan bound by Lafayette Street to the west and Bowery to the east, Kenmare to the north and...
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Manhattan's Little Italy on the Lower East Side, c. 1900. The construction of the New York City Subway, which opened in 1904, helped bind the new city together, as did additional bridges to Brooklyn.
Feb 22, 2011 · Feb. 21, 2011. In 1950, nearly half of the more than 10,000 New Yorkers living in the heart of Little Italy identified as Italian-American. The narrow streets teemed with children and resonated...