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From: "Elizabeth V Cardinal" <>
Subject: RE: [NYNEWYOR'] DYAS - 1900 - name of neighborhood?
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:44:47 -0500
In-Reply-To: <193.393d2adf.2f3eb2ec@aol.com>


<<My grandfather was baptised at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in
1897, at 449 East 115 Street, which isn't far from where they lived. A web
site I found for that church said that during that time frame, much of the
congregation was Italian, and I got the impression that the neighborhood was
called "Little Italy." I get confused on all the different "Harlems.">>

Yes, it was called Little Italy and I believe a part of it may still be
called that. Arthur Avenue is still very Italian. I do not really know the
area but my husbands Italian grandfather and other relatives lived there for
a long time.

I also think it is or was referred to as Spanish Harlem.

Try the New York Municipal Archives for pictures of the houses...in fact,
you may be able to get pictures of the exact houses they lived in.

Good Luck

Elizabeth V. Cardinal

http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/4548/







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