Little Italy
Little Italyis the catch-all name for anethnic enclavepopulated primarily byItaliansor people of Italian ancestry, usually in anurbanneighborhood.The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of theItalian culture.There are shops selling Italian goods as well asItalian restaurantslining the streets. A "Little Italy" strives essentially to have a version of the country of Italy placed in the middle of a large non-Italian city. This sort of enclave is often the result of periods ofItalian immigration,during which people of the same culture settled or were ostracized and segregated together in certain areas. As cities modernized and grew, these areas became known for their ethnic associations, and ethnic neighborhoods like "Little Italy" blossomed, becoming the areas they are today.
List of Little Italys[edit]
Australia[edit]
Canada[edit]
- Little Italy, EdmontoninAlberta
- Little Italy, Montreal,inQuebec
- Little Italy, Ottawa,inOntario
- Little Italy, Toronto,in Ontario
- Little Italy, Vancouver,inBritish Columbia
- Little Italy, Windsor,in Ontario
- Little Italy, Winnipeg,inManitoba
New Zealand[edit]
- Island Bay,Wellington,is often nicknamed "Little Italy"[1][2][3][4]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Little ItalyinClerkenwell,London.
- The area aroundWardour StreetandOld Compton StreetinSoho,Londonused to be known as Little Italy.[5]
- AncoatsinManchesterused to be known as Little Italy.[6]
- The area aroundScotland roadinLiverpoolused to be known as Little Italy.[7]
- The area around Fazeley Street inDigbethinBirminghamused to be known as Little Italy.[8]
United States[edit]
- Several Little Italys exist inNew York City,including but not limited to:
- Philadelphia,home to the second-largest Italian-American population in the United States, also has several Little Italys:
- South Philadelphia– largely Italian
- Overbrook/West Philadelphia
- Areas ofKensington
- Sections ofNortheast Philadelphia
- Sections ofSouthwest Philadelphia
- Areas ofWest Kensington
- New England:
- New York:
- Dunwoodie, Yonkers,New York
- Little Italy,Schenectady,inNew York[15]
- Little Italy,Rochester, New York
- Little Italy, Syracuse,in New York
- Little Italy,Poughkeepsie, New York
- Little Italy,Troy, New York
- Mansion Hill,Albany, New York
- Pennsylvania:
- Bloomfield, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
- Little Italy, Connellsville,inPennsylvania
- Little Italy inErie, Pennsylvania[16]
- Roseto, Pennsylvania
- New Jersey:
- ChambersburgandSouth Trenton,New Jersey
- Little Italy, Paterson,New Jersey
- California:
- Other:
- Little Italy,Clinton,inIndiana
- Little Italy, Chicago,inIllinois
- Little Italy, Arkansas
- Little Italy, Baltimore,inMaryland
- Little Italy, Wilmington,Delaware
- Little Italy, Cleveland,inOhio
- Little Italy, Omaha,inNebraska
- The HillinSt. Louis, Missouri[18]
- West SeventhinSt. Paul, Minnesota
- Independence, Louisiana
- Little Italy, Clay County, West Virginia
- Little Italy, Randolph County, West Virginia
Republic of Ireland[edit]
- The Italian Quarter, Dublin
- Little Italy, Dublin. An Italian migrant quarter that existed in the vicinity of Werburgh Street.[19][20]
Other Italian neighborhoods[edit]
Some Italian neighborhoods may have other names, but are colloquially referred to as "Little Italy," including:
Argentina[edit]
Australia[edit]
- Norton Street:in theSydneysuburb ofLeichhardt
- Ramsay Street:in theSydneysuburb ofHaberfield
- Campbelltown/AthelstoneinAdelaide
- New FarminBrisbane
- New Italy, New South Wales
- Griffith, New South Wales
Brazil[edit]
- Mooca, São Paulo
- Bixiga, São Paulo
- Jundiaí, São Paulo state
- Santa Felicidade, Curitiba, Paraná
- Savassi, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
- Antonio Prado, Rio Grande do Sul
Canada[edit]
- St. Leonard,a borough of Montreal with a large Italian population
- LaSalle,a borough in Montreal with a large Italian population
- Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles,another borough of Montreal with a prominent Italian population
- Corso Italia,a neighbourhood in Toronto
- Vaughan, Ontario,A city in north of Toronto with a high population of Italians
- Stoney Creek,Hamilton,Ontario[21]
- North Burnaby, British Columbia
Chile[edit]
Kenya[edit]
- Malindi District,Kilifi County
Mexico[edit]
- Chipilo,Puebla
- Colonia Manuel Gonzalez,Veracruz
- La Merced barrio, Mexico City
- Colonia Roma,Mexico City
- Gutierrez Zamora,Veracruz
- Colonia Diez Gutierrez,San Luis Potosi
- San Pedro(Monterrey),Nuevo Leon
- Nueva Italia, Michoacán
- Lombardia,Michoacán
- Arandas, Jalisco
- Playa del Carmen,Quintana Roo
South Africa[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Bedford,where the population is about 8% Italian or of Italian heritage.[22]
- Hoddesdon,inHertfordshirehas a largeSicilianpopulation.[23]
- Glasgowis the centre of theScottish Italian community.[24]
United States[edit]
- North Beach, San Francisco,California
- San Pedro, Los Angeles,California
- Little Italy, San Diego, California
- Spaghetti Hill,Monterey, California
- Little Italy/Morse Park Historic District,Wheat Ridge, Colorado
- Thompsonville (Enfield),Connecticut
- Town Plotin Waterbury, Connecticut
- Wooster Squarein New Haven, Connecticut
- Italiain northern Florida
- Pompano Beach,a section is partially an Italian neighborhood
- Taylor Street Archives, Chicago, Illinois (The port-of-call for Chicago's Italian Americans)
- Heart of Italy, Chicago, Illinois
- Little Sicily, Chicago, Illinois
- Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois
- Dunning, Chicago
- Holy Rosary Neighborhood,Indianapolis, Indiana
- South Des Moines,Des Moines, Iowa
- Independence, Louisiana
- Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania(Also known as "The Pizza Capital of the World" for their pizza)
- Little Italy, Baltimore,Maryland
- North End, Boston, Massachusetts
- Columbus Park,Kansas City, Missouri
- The Hill,St. Louis, Missouri
- North East,Kansas City, Missouri(formerly Columbus Square)
- Eastern Market,Detroit, Michigan,considered to be the city's "Little Italy"
- Little Italy, Omaha,Nebraska
- Seventh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
- Varick Street,Utica, New York
- Dominick Street,Rome, New York
- North Side,Buffalo, New York,though "Little Italy" was considered the West Side of the city
- Schenectady, New York,proposed "Little Italy" from Hillary Clinton, to run through sections of downtown.
- Utica, New York,East Side considered to be city's "Little Italy"
- Brier Hill,Youngstown, Ohio
- Italian Village(Columbus), Ohio
- Italian MarketPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- Bloomfield,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Murray Hill,Cleveland, Ohio
- Easton, Pennsylvania
- Roseto, Pennsylvania
- Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island
- Johnston, Rhode Islandhas the highest percentage of Italian Americans of any municipality in the country.
- Galveston, Texas,south ofHouston,highest Italian-American population in the Greater Houston as well as Texas.
- Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C.
Venezuela[edit]
- Turen (Colonia Turen)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^"Island Bay Amore Mio".maritimemuseum.co.nz.
- ^"The Dellabarca family, Island Bay – Italians – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand".
- ^"ISLAND BAY LITTLE ITALY".ISLAND BAY LITTLE ITALY.
- ^Little Italy.Camden Local Studios and Archives Centre. 2008. pp. 1–60.ISBN9781900846219.
- ^"envenuti to Ancoats Little Italy, Manchester, England, UK".Manchester's Ancoats Little Italy.
- ^"Liverpool's Italian Families".Liverpool's Italian Families.
- ^"Little Italy/ The Italian Quarter".billdargue.jimdofree.
- ^"Holy Cannoli: Little Italy Thrives in the Bronx".ny1.
- ^Bleyer, Jennifer (30 December 2007)."Another Little Italy, With Scant Parking to Match"– via NYTimes.
- ^"Italian-Americans Welcome Neighbors With Open Arms At Il Centro - BKLYNER".bklyner.
- ^Hughes, C. J. (26 April 2017)."Rosebank, Staten Island: A Little Italy, Trying Not to Shrink"– via NYTimes.
- ^"A Guide To Boston's Little Italy: The North End".2 March 2011.
- ^Reisman, Lisa (4 January 2019)."Branford teacher remembers Little Italy in New Haven's Wooster Square in pictorial book".New Haven Register.
- ^"Schenectady little italy - Google Search".google.
- ^"Little Italy is being made more liveable".YOURERIE.20 May 2016.
- ^"Celebrate 150 years of North Beach in San Francisco".USA TODAY.
- ^Mariani, John."Best Of The Midwest: Eating Around St. Louis, Part Two".Forbes.
- ^Fallon, Donal (30 April 2018)."Dublin's Little Italy".comeheretome.Retrieved8 August2023.
- ^Appleton, James (8 December 2019)."Where to Find Italy in Dublin".italymagazine.Retrieved8 August2023.
- ^Persichilli, Angelo (19 January 2004)."In Hamilton, Stoney Creek is called 'Tony Creek'".Hill Times.
- ^"Italians in Bedford".The Guardian.
- ^"Lee Valley little Sicily".Great British Life.
- ^"Italian immigrants in Scotland".BBC Bitesize.
Further reading[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related toLittle Italys.
- Buzzelli, Michael (2001). "From Little Britain to Little Italy: an urban ethnic landscape study in Toronto".Journal of Historical Geography.27(4): 573–587.doi:10.1006/jhge.2001.0355.S2CID55546856.
- Frunza, Bogdana Simina.Streetscape and Ethnicity: New York's Mulberry Street and the Redefinition of the Italian American Ethnic Identity(ProQuest, 2008)
- Gabaccia, Donna R. (2007). "Inventing 'Little Italy'".Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.6(1): 7–41.doi:10.1017/S1537781400001596.JSTOR25144462.S2CID162485743.
- Gabaccia, Donna R. (2006)."Global Geography of 'Little Italy': Italian Neighbourhoods in Comparative Perspective"(PDF).Modern Italy.11(1): 9–24.doi:10.1080/13532940500489510.S2CID56372320.
- Harney, Robert F. "Toronto's Little Italy, 1885-1945." in Robert F. Harney and J. Vincenza Scarpaci, eds.Little Italies in North America(1981): 41-62.
- Immerso, Michael.Newark's little Italy: The vanished first ward(Rutgers University Press, 1999).
- Juliani, Richard N.Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's Italians Before Mass Migration(Penn State Press, 2005)
- Pozzetta, George E. "The Mulberry District of New York City: The Years before World War One." in Robert F. Harney and J. Vincenza Scarpaci, eds.Little Italies in North America(Toronto: The Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1979) pp: 7-40.
- Sandler, Gilbert.The Neighborhood: The Story of Baltimore's Little Italy(Bodine & Associates, 1974).
- Worrall, Janet E. (2004). "The impact of the Ku Klux Klan and prohibition on Denver's little Italy".Journal of the West.43(4): 32–40.
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