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By David Garrick   Property owners and civic leaders in Little Italy say growth in their blossoming community will be stifled by stricter development restrictions approved this month by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.   The restrictions, which the airport authority updated for the first time in 22 years on April 3, ai...

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**The ceremony will be held in Little Italy SJ at W. Julian and North Almaden (Next to Paesano Ristorante), the 5th August at 10:00.   We are partnering with the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce in breaking ground on the 31 foot Gateway Arch to anchor the developing Italian District in Downtown San Jose. This Arch Is being made po...

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This past Tuesday, Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden sponsored a special community event entitled: "This is Little Italy." Two powerful documentaries from two local filmmakers were presented at a free outdoor screening. Both films focused on life for the Italian-American community of Little Italy. The first, Paul Stone's Mulberry, premiered as pa...

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by Joyce Mariani   Like a giant that awakens from a deep slumber, Cleveland's Italian community is in the midst of a vibrant cultural rebirth, a "risorgimento culturale," born from a desire to fully embrace the great mosaic of Italy's rich cultural heritage. Ohio has one of the largest populations of Italian Americans, numbering approximate...

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by Eric Brightwell   In Los Angeles, nearly all of the city's officially-designated ethnic enclaves are for Asian ethnicities. Eurasia's Armenian community has Little Armenia and Russians in eastern West Hollywood have earned it the nickname "Little Russia," but French Town, Greek Town, and Little Italy have all faded into assimilation and o...

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By Riccardo Chioni L'incrocio fra Mulberry e Grand Street è un brulichio di gente nel fine settimana, in gran parte turisti che si fermanoin mezzo alla strada, si guardano intorno e scattano foto, prima di proseguire la passeggiata a Little Italy diventata zona pedonale tra bancarelle di ambulanti e tavoli di ristoranti. A questo angolo trafficat...

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L'emigrazione italiana toccò moltissime città statunitensi. Se è vero che la maggior parte degli italiani si stabilì sulla costa est, per ovvi motivi geografici, e se è vero che molti tra coloro che arrivarono fino alla costa ovest andarono a San Francisco, non furono pochi i nostri connazionali che si stabilirono nell'area di Los Angeles. Proprio...

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The year was 1935. The United States was in the midst of the Great Depression, yet San Diego opened the doors to its iconic Balboa Park for its second attempt at a world fair. Approximately 25,000 guests attended the California Pacific International Exposition, which lasted from May 28, 1935 through the following year. It was then that the House o...

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Saint Leo's traditional Mother's Day Mass, crowning of the Blessed Mother statue and outdoor procession through the neighborhood has been in existence for decades.   After the statue of Mother Mary is crowned during 9:30 am Mass, it is processed through the streets of Little Italy, followed by children making their First Eucharist, clergy, a...

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Boston is home to many Italians. Either the new arrivals, young skilled professionals or students born in Italy and just recently landed in Massachusetts, and the Americans of Italian heritage, get their information about that area by a wonderful magazine, called "Bostoniano". Now the founder and editor of the magazine, Nicola Orichuia, is launchi...

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