January 27, 2010
By the 1930s, the Italian population in East Harlem numbered 80,000. Once the largest Italian community in New York City, the neighborhood was bounded by East 119th Street, the East River, East 99th Street, and 3rd Avenue. So far as religion was concerned, the new residents practiced a form of Catholicism that incorporated folk traditions [...]
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January 26, 2010
If you have been traveling, stay home. Annharriet Buck (The Golden Door) The Heritage Traveler has decided to take the above advice — at least for the next several posts. Instead of traveling far afield, we are going to highlight a New York City neighborhood that’s about three and a half miles from my apartment. [...]
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