Taylor Street

Chicago's Little Italy

Kathy Catrambone, Ellen Shubart

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9780738551074
• eBook ISBN: 9781439634943
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: History

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.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• One - IMMIGRANT OURNEY NEW COUNTRY, NEW HOME, AND NEW LIFE
• Two - MAMA MIA FAMILY TIES
• Three - IN AMERICA NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCHOOL
• Four - PRAY FOR US THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHURCH
• Five - AN HONEST DAY’S WORK PRIDE IN A JOB WELL DONE
• Six - THE OTHER TAYLOR STREET TRI-TAYLOR
• Seven - DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD URBAN RENEWAL
• Eight - SURVIVING THRIVING BENVENUTO, AGAIN, TO LITTLE ITALY
• BIBLIOGRAPHY