Just south of Omaha’s downtown are remnants of the city’s historic Little Italy. There’s Orsi’s Bakery on the corner, Sons and Daughters of Italy on 10th Street, and St. Frances Cabrini Church down the block. The neighborhood has seen changes through the years.
There are fewer descendants of the Sicilian immigrants who shaped the area in the early to mid 1900s. More apartments and condos, newer homes and fewer Italian businesses. But there are still traditions alive today, explained Steve Woodrich, as he took a seat inside the Santa Lucia Hall near Seventh and Pierce Streets. And lately, there are a lot of Italian families coming back to the “old neighborhood.”
