Little Italy, nestled at the foot of the Jones Falls Expressway close to the Inner Harbor, has been a low-slung quarter of rowhouses, family restaurants and ravioli church suppers for as long as any Baltimorean can remember.

While the neighborhood's narrow streets and Formstone facades have endured, its denizens have watched warily as nearby warehouses and lumber yards morphed into condos, offices and some of the most luxe dining in the city.

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