Notes: Little Italy
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Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.
List of Little Italys
Canada
* Little Italy, Calgary, in Alberta
* Little Italy, Edmonton, in Alberta
* Little Italy, Hamilton, in Ontario
* Little Italy, Montreal, in Quebec
* Little Italy (Ottawa), in Ontario
* Little Italy, Toronto, in Ontario
* Little Italy (Vancouver), in British Columbia
* Little Italy, Winnipeg, in Manitoba
* Little Italy (Windsor, Ontario), in Ontario
United States
* South Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Brier Hill in Youngstown, Ohio
* Little Italy, Baltimore, in Maryland
* Little Italy, Bridgeport, in Connecticut
* North End, Boston, in Massachusetts
* Little Italy, The Bronx, in New York City
* Little Italy, Cleveland, in Ohio
* Little Italy, Chicago, in Illinois
* The Hill in St. Louis, Missouri
* Little Italy, Hartford, in Connecticut
* Little Italy, Manhattan, in New York City
* Little Italy, Niagara Falls, in New York
* Little Italy (Omaha), in Nebraska
* Little Italy, Paterson, in New Jersey
* Little Italy, San Diego, California
* Little Italy, Syracuse, in New York
* Little Italy, Wilmington, in Delaware
* Little Italy, Altoona, in Pennsylvania
* Little Italy, Connellsville, in Pennsylvania
* Little Italy, New Haven, in Connecticut
* Little Italy, Buffalo, in New York
* Little Italy, Waterbury, in Connecticut
* Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in New York City
* Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island
* Little Italy, San Francisco in California http://www.littleitalysanfrancisco.com/
United Kingdom
* Little Italy in Bedford
* Little Italy, Hoddesdon, in Hertfordshire
* Little Italy, Liverpool in Liverpool
* Clerkenwell in London was known as Little Italy.
* Ancoats in Manchester was known as Little Italy
Republic of Ireland
* Italian Quarter, Dublin
Sweden
* Little Italy, G?teborg
Other Italian neighborhoods
Some Italian neighborhoods may have other names, but are colloquially referred to as "Little Italy," including:
Australia
* Little Italy, Melbourne
* Norton Street, Sydney, in the suburb of Leichhardt, Sydney.
* Ramsay Street, Haberfield
* Campbelltown/Athelstone, in South Australia
Brazil
* Mooca, S?o Paulo
* Bexiga, S?o Paulo
Mexico
* Chipilo, Puebla
* Colonia Manuel Gonzalez, Veracruz
* Gutierrez Zamora, Veracruz
* Colonia Diez Gutierrez, San Luis Potosi
* San Pedro ([[[Monterrey]]), Nuevo Leon
Canada
* Bridgeland, Calgary, Alberta
* Citt? Italiana, incorporating the entire district of St. Leonard (borough) in Montreal, Quebec
* Via Italia, Montreal
* LaSalle (borough), a district in Montreal with a high population of Italian ancestry
* Rivi?re-des-Prairies?Pointe-aux-Trembles, another prominent Italian district in Montreal
* Corso Italia, a prominent Italian neighbourhood in Toronto
Chile
* Capitan Pastene, northwest Temuco
United Kingdom
* Clerkenwell, London
* Ancoats, Manchester
United States
* North Beach, San Francisco, California
* Little Italy, San Diego, California
* Spaghetti Hill, Monterey, California
* Thompsonville (Enfield), in Connecticut
* Town Plot in Waterbury, Connecticut
* Wooster Square in New Haven, Connecticut
* Taylor Street Archives, Chicago, IL The port-of-call for Chicago's Italian Americans
* Heat of Little Italy, Chicago, Illinois
* Little Sicily, Chicago, Illinois
* Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois
* Des Moines, Iowa, South Des Moines is an Italian neighborhood
* Independence, Louisiana
* 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
* Little Italy, Omaha, Nebraska
* Seventh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
* Varick Street, Utica, New York
* Dominick Street, Rome, New York
* East Rochester, New York, referred to as "Little Italy of Rochester" although discussions are to officially label Midtown as "Little Italy"
* North Side, Buffalo, New York, though "Little Italy" used to be 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 Market (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania
* Bloomfield (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
* Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island
* Johnston, Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Italian Americans of any municipality in the country.
Other uses
Lady Gaga's video "Eh Eh (nothing else I can say)" has been filmed in Little Italy of Manhattan. In the Leslie Nielsen TV series Police Squad and film series The Naked Gun, the creators usually managed to work in a reference to the police car supposedly driving through the "Little Italy" section of the city. Invariably the scene would be accompanied by a rear-projected shot of the Roman Colosseum.
* Maggiano's Little Italy
* In Little Italy, a 1909 film directed by D. W. Griffith
External Links
* Taylor Street Archives: A time, a place and a people that were and will never be again.==External links==
* The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri's "Little Italy"
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