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The Italians on The Hill, St. Louis
The Hill is the most stubbornly Italian neighbourhood in America. Lombards, Sicilians, Yogi Berra, bocce, toasted ravioli, red-white-green fire hydrants.
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Stories of the communities that built homes in the United States: how Irish, Italian, Polish, German, Indian and other families set down roots, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
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The Italians in South Philadelphia
South Philadelphia is where the cheesesteak was invented, where Mario Lanza was born, and where Italy still lives on 9th Street. Here is that story.
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The Italians in the North End, Boston
The North End was 99.9% Italian by 1930. How southern Italians from Sciacca, Avellino, and Naples built Boston's Little Italy, and what remains today.
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The Puerto Ricans in East Harlem
East Harlem was the capital of Puerto Rican America. How El Barrio was built, who came, what remains, and where the families came from.
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The Mexicans in Pilsen, Chicago
Pilsen is the cultural heart of Mexican Chicago. The story of how a Czech neighborhood became Mexican after the UIC displacement, and what remains.
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The Germans in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati
Over-the-Rhine was once 75 percent German, the cultural capital of the most German city in America. Here is the story of what happened, and what remains.
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The Lebanese in Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn is America's first Arab-majority city, and the Lebanese built it. The story of how Mount Lebanon and Bint Jbeil made a home on Warren Avenue.
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The Koreans in Koreatown, Los Angeles
Koreatown was the largest Korean settlement outside Korea by the 1980s. The story of how Korean Americans built a home in central LA, and what remains…
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The Polish in Polish Hill, Pittsburgh
Polish Hill rose above the Strip District as a Galician steelworker enclave. Here's how Pittsburgh's smallest Polish neighbourhood was built, and what remains.
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The Polish in the Polish Triangle, Chicago
Polish Downtown at Milwaukee and Division was once the capital of Polish America. Here is how Chicago's Polish Triangle was built, and what remains.
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The Cubans in Little Havana, Miami
Little Havana was the political capital of Cuban exile. Here is how Calle Ocho became Cuban, who came in each wave, and what remains today.
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The Chinese in Chinatown, San Francisco
San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest in North America, founded by Pearl River Delta immigrants in 1848. Here's the full story, and what remains today.
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