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Re: Pittsburgh’s Lost Little Italy

by Pghcraig » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:36 pm

Ya Liberty Ave has more Asian restaurants than Italian nowadays and Little Italy Days in August was more like a carnival than an Italian festival

Re: Pittsburgh’s Lost Little Italy

by JCB1977 » Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:10 am

craigs48 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:02 pm I'm pretty sure there are no more Little Italy neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. More like Micro Italy. Bloomfield is a shadow of its self. East Liberty is long gone.
Bloomfield Ave Little Italy still exists..not to the extent of how it once was…Similar to Arthur Ave in The Bronx or Little Italy in Manhattan…it’s definitely shrunk

https://www.visitpittsburgh.com/neighbo ... loomfield/

Re: Pittsburgh’s Lost Little Italy

by JCB1977 » Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:09 am

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:53 pm Great info. Did Larimer Ave have a particular concentration of Italian paesani (Calabresi, Siciliani) or was it a neighborhood where they all lived together?
Many Italians lived in East Liberty..Larimer Ave was a mix of Italians.

Re: Pittsburgh’s Lost Little Italy

by FriendofHenry » Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:18 am

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:53 pm Great info. Did Larimer Ave have a particular concentration of Italian paesani (Calabresi, Siciliani) or was it a neighborhood where they all lived together?
I believe Larimer Ave was predominately Calabresi and definitely not Sicilian. Charlie would remind Michael and Jo Jo that he was the only Sicilian ;)

Re: Pittsburgh’s Lost Little Italy

by craigs48 » Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:02 pm

I'm pretty sure there are no more Little Italy neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. More like Micro Italy. Bloomfield is a shadow of its self. East Liberty is long gone.

Re: Pittsburgh’s Lost Little Italy

by PolackTony » Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:53 pm

Great info. Did Larimer Ave have a particular concentration of Italian paesani (Calabresi, Siciliani) or was it a neighborhood where they all lived together?

Re: Pittsburgh’s Lost Little Italy

by FriendofHenry » Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:47 pm

Good Stuff :)
The Pecora, Zottola and I believe Michael's family all grew up on Larimer Ave.
A teenage Henry took his first fall running numbers for JoJo.

Pittsburgh’s Lost Little Italy

by JCB1977 » Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:21 pm

Great piece on Bloomfield on Larimer Ave in Pittsburgh’s Little Italy.

https://pittsburghorbit.com/2018/09/23/ ... ANj_GNBB3s

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