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  2. Little Italy (also Italian: Piccola Italia) is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, known for its Italian population. [2] 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 .

  3. Anonymous. Kimberly A. Immigration In the latter part of the 19th century, as Italian immigrants began to arrive in New York City in search of better opportunities, they settled in an area of Lower Manhattan that would become known as Little Italy. This neighborhood initially spanned from Canal to Houston Streets, and from Bowery to Lafayett.

  4. The Chinatown and Little Italy Historic District is located in downtown New York City. The Chinatown neighborhood was formed from the mid-19th to the early 20th century, a dynamic period in American history when waves of immigrants from all corners of the world came to New York seeking opportunity. Immigration to New York City far outweighed ...

  5. And the numbers were big: between 1880 and 1920, over four million Italians arrived in America, with tens of thousands settling in New York City alone. Many settled into an area of Five...

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  6. Feb 22, 2011 · Only 44 were Italian-born, compared with 2,149 a half-century earlier. A census survey released in December determined that the proportion of Italian-Americans among the 8,600 residents in the...

  7. Mar 9, 1978 · While my first impression was of an area dominated by tenements that date back to the 1800's, Little Italy also contains buildings that encompass nearly two centuries of New York City history, an ...

  8. Oct 18, 2021 · Though never housing the largest Italian-American community in New York City — with this title held by East Harlem — Little Italy in Manhattan served as one of the primary homes for Italian...

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