"C.C.A. Baldi ruled Little Italy, and everyone who wished to deal with the Italians knew it." Go back to turn of the century Philadelphia and discover the incre

"C.C.A. Baldi ruled Little Italy, and everyone who wished to deal with the Italians knew it." Go back to turn of the century Philadelphia and discover the incre

When the first Italian moved to the area near Catherine Street around 1798, it was mostly forest and field. It was considered Irishtown by the early residents.

A history of Italian immigrants in Philadelphia with an emphasis on the development of an Italian community before the beginning of mass immigration in the 1870

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