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    New York City's Italian Neighborhoods
    New York City's Italian Neighborhoods
    New York City's Italian Neighborhoods
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    New York City's Italian Neighborhoods

    By Raymond Guarini and Cav. John Napoli

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    To demonstrate the special place Italian immigrants hold in the city of New York to this day, readers will experience a visual tour of their traditions and landmarks.


    New York City's five boroughs have been home to more Italian immigrants than any other place in America. Over the last 140 years, scores of Italian neighborhoods have spanned Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and the Bronx. These communities preserve their heritage by celebrating special events and feasts, such as Manhattan's 130-year-old Feast of St. Rocco, the Dance of the Giglio in East Harlem and Williamsburg, and saint processions for Padre Pio and Maria Addolorata; maintaining famous Mulberry Street storefronts and the Arthur Avenue Market in Little Italy, as well as popular bakeries and restaurants in Greenwich Village and Queens; and supporting and worshipping at notable Italian churches, like Brooklyn's Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church and Alba House, a religious bookstore on Staten Island.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateNov 11, 2019
    ISBN9781439668481
    New York City's Italian Neighborhoods
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    Raymond Guarini

    Brooklyn native Raymond Guarini has spent the last seven years traveling throughout the United States to document Italian communities. Raymond is the founder of the Italian Enclaves Historical Society, which aims to document past and present Italian communities and national parishes in the United States. Cav. John Napoli is an active member of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George and a photographer.

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      New York City's Italian Neighborhoods - Raymond Guarini

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      INTRODUCTION

      Over four million Italians arrived in the United States by 1920 via Ellis Island. Many of them settled nearby in the five boroughs of New York City: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan. Within each borough, there were many Italian neighborhoods that have existed at some point since the beginning of the Italian migration in the 1870s, and some still remain. Documenting these neighborhoods is no easy task as New York City’s five boroughs comprise such a massive amount of space.

      This book endeavors not only to educate readers as to which Italian neighborhoods have existed and still exist, but to also capture the essence of these neighborhoods by showcasing their hearts and souls: the businesses, churches, and events that are the cornerstones of Italian American culture in New York City’s five boroughs. Many Italian neighborhoods in New York City only have remnants of what were once thriving enclaves while some still have many Italians living in them, and yet others maintain no signs of their former settlers whatsoever.

      From the character of Italian storefronts to the devotion of the Dance of the Giglio in both Harlem and Williamsburg, this book serves to highlight the unparalleled pride and devotion maintained by the Italian American community in New York City.

      As events like World War I and World War II reshaped Europe, Italians (particularly from Southern Italy) were forced to find new homes across the Atlantic where the unparalleled opportunity existed to practice sovereign freedoms such as maintaining exhibitions of faith as well as pursuing trades and, eventually, professions.

      As settlers arrived in New York City via Ellis Island, prosperity became tangible by virtue of the industrial revolution and the need for jobs such as longshoremen, factory workers, and skilled labor, like stonemasons, bricklayers, and artists. Following family members across the Atlantic and into New York City, Italians began congregating into enclaves that were reconstructions of the towns from which they emigrated. Once in their new towns within the five boroughs, Italian immigrants began to open pork stores, fish markets, bakeries, and eateries to meet the demand for familiarity within their new land. Many of these businesses are still open today and have proudly been passed from one generation to another.

      What is phenomenal about the Italian immigrants was their religious devotion. Having first been forced to practice their religion in the basements of other Catholic churches and unfamiliar with the language, the Italians petitioned the Archdiocese of New York for their own churches. They were given authority to build their own parishes, which were referred to as national parishes due to their being opened to specifically celebrate Mass in the language of the parishioners. Italian national parishes were often constructed by the very immigrants for whom they were being built. In some cases, such as the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem, these churches were built entirely at night with no light but candlelight and the moon to illuminate their work. Unparalleled in talent, Italian stonemasons worked tirelessly into the wee hours after having worked entire days. The masons, carpenters, and artists harnessed every scrap they could find in order to construct their places of worship

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