Kathy Catrambone, Ellen Shubart

Taylor Street: Chicago's Little Italy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Chicagos Near West Side was and is the citys most famous Italian enclave, earning it the title of Little Italy. Italian immigrants came to Chicago as early as the 1850s, before the massive waves of immigration from 1874 to 1920. They settled in small pockets throughout the city, but ultimately the heaviest concentration was on or near Taylor Street, the main street of Chicagos Little Italy. At one point a third of all Chicagos Italian immigrants lived in the neighborhood. Some of their descendents remain, and although many have moved to the suburbs, their familial and emotional ties to the neighborhood cannot be broken. Taylor Street: Chicagos Little Italy is a pictorial history from the late 19th century and early 20th century, from when Jane Addams and Mother Cabrini guided the Italians on the road to Americanization, through the areas vibrant decades, and to its sad story of urban renewal in the 1960s and its rebirth 25 years later.

Produktdetails

• Images of America
• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 166mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780738551074
• ISBN-10: 0738551074
• Artikelnr.: 21112579

Autorenporträt

Kathy Catrambone, a journalist and second-generation Italian American, traces her roots to the West Side and Taylor Street starting in the early 1900s. She and some relatives still live there. Ellen Shubart is a historian and author. She loves Italian food and frequents Taylor Street often.