Little Italy ~ Erie, PA: The Movie ... Watch this visual journey through the neighborhood!
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2022
- See an in-depth view of Erie, PA's Little Italy neighborhood, featuring old photos, new videos, and a sound track that includes a classic tune by Little Italy's own rockers, The Epics.
This presentation shows photos and details that were submitted by members of the Little Italy Erie Facebook group, combined with various views of what the neighborhood looks like today.
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The song "Twist'In Shout" by the Epics is registered under U. S. Federal Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings and may not be reproduced without permission. Video is ©2022 MMCL Creative~Michael Morgan, ChristineLorrainePhotography.com for xtinethewriter.com
Original music compositions in this movie are ©2012-2020 by Christine Lorraine Morgan: Twinkle Twinkle Little Galaxy, Dizzy Circus, Dreaming in the Sun, Movie of My World, Who's Your Mountain. - Zábava
Italians and Poles make up a significant demographic in Erie, Pa.
Love those cannolis and perogies.
This was pretty cool. Born and raised in Erie.
Thank you so much for this video! It was great seeing and re-living my past neighborhood. I grew up in Little Italy. Lived in a few different locations but mostly on 18th street. My grandma lived on 20th & Plum. Nice to see Vagnarelli's (where I purchased my wedding gown), Arnone's, (oh those wonderful pepperoni breads), Morbito's (frequent shopper), etc. I went to Catholic school at St. Pauls, My mother and brothers went to Columbus school. I lived right across the street from St. Michael's church. I was so sorry it burnt down. Was a beautiful church. This video has renewed many memories. Thank you again for this great presentation. I am going to pass this around to my family.
OMG! Thank you for this video! I was born in Erie and lived there until I was 22, then married and moved out of state. My parents were married at St Paul’s church, my grandparents rented a home on the railroad tracks, and I loved staying there watching the trains go by. Had many a delicious meal at Hectors. You brought back happy memories for me, now in my seventies!! Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. ❤😊 Mary Price
Your warm words are what inspires me to produce videos like this, Mary. Thank you for sharing them.
Erie had so much rich history back in the day. Look at it now. Thanks for the great video.
This is great. My grandfather and his family, the Littles, lived on 18th and Cherry I believe for many many years. Tony “Boots” Little and his brother, (my great uncle) Ronny Little grew up there and my mom would go to her grandma (Nannees) in Little Italy as a kid and all her aunt and uncles barbershops, etc. And when I was a kid we would get Arnone’s rolls, pepperoni bread, all the time. Thankfully Arnone’s deli is still around in Wesleyville and Johnny Arnone makes fresh rolls every day so we still get it! It’s cool that you’ve commemorated this area as it’s not the same as it once was from the stories I’ve heard
my great grandma lived behind international bakery it was the only place she lived in that was in the 70s i loved to visit her it smelled so good when you would go outside
Carmela Borgia💜✨God Rest Her Soul, was my Beautiful Mother and Chef at Damore’s Restaurant, then DeLuca’s and the Henry’s…I Miss You So Much, Ma✨
I could say so much here, but I’ll start crying… I love Erie and wish everyone there now, the best of everything ☮️💜✨
So happy to see my parents and grandparents in a few photos!
I wish Arnone's was still open😔
Same
The huge slices of pizza they sold. Yum!
@@kevinbrown9032 Never had anything like it since. That pizza was amazing.
I used to go to Arnones
Wow i use to care for Mr. Armon its been a year since and he would always talk about his shop and the old times.
I love this!! I grew up in Little Italy on Huron Street.
My Grandparents ,Sam and Rose Palermo lived at 16th. and Sassafras, I was born at St. Francis. My Aunts and Uncles were Vince Palermo (Erie Heating) Marie Palermo, my Mother Nancy, Joann Palermo, Joe Palermo, and Tony Palermo and Josie . Great Family! I lived w/ my Uncle ,Oscar Goetz and my Aunt Marie for a while at 39th. and Lancaster. (He did the numbers in Erie) What was the Church on 18th. St. near Liberty? Oscar was a Usher there ? St. Pauls? I also made "Went to Roosevelt Jr. and was "Best Athlete" , Good Times!.
I went to high school with the Palermos.
I went to Roosevelt with Mike Palermo.
Christine, what a labor of love! Your aunt conceived a great idea to create this type of video. You and Michael put together a great presentation. What wonderful photos and meaningful memories were submitted by group members of "Memories of Little Italy, Erie, PA!"🍝🍷⛪🍞🍊🍇🍅🍦🍿🎥🌻 👨👩👧👦 Grazie!
Hey you got to love it it's a Wise guys country
Thank you for making this video. I have lived in Erie my entire life. I grew up at 231 West 17 street. My grandparents owned what is now Larry's Central Market during the 1940's and 50's. It was called Giannamore's market back then. Owned and operated by my grandfather Emidio, grandmother Ergisa, and my father Mario Giannamore.
Wonderful. Great to see some familiar faces again. Bless the Frazzini family.
Christine P.
So many great memories!
I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation; Thank you very much!
This is great! Thanks for creating and sharing this!
Really interesting and well done! Thank you!
This was wonderful!
This was great. I grew up on the East side but I remember this neighborhood.
Thanks for watching! We lived on the lower east side in the 80s and worked at GE when it was moving full steam ahead. Glad you remember Little Italy as well.
Thank you for the movie, very much appreciated and well done. My father lived in Little Italy and I was raised not far from there on 10th and Cascade. I really appreciate that you dated Little Italy from the 1800's to the mid 1900's. Just to add to the history, Larry's Market was formerly owned by a relative of my family and was Giannamore's Market.
My grandpa and grandma ( Jim and Jill Rabbitt) lived at 5th and Cascade. My dad was born in Erie. We lived there when I was in elementary school. It was a super place back then! Amazing history, too!
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A little bit out of the way was Menendo's (SP?) Meat Market on 29th and Cherry. Pretty sure we put some kids through college from the amount of candy and ice cream we bought from them. LOL
We lived at 29th and Maple for five years, so yes, Manendo's was part of our childhood growing up selling us penny candy with our pennies and nickels. I just posted photos of Manendos store on Facebook today! I photographed the store in 1986 when I wrote an article about mom-and-pop stores for the Erie Times News. CZcams lets people post pictures now, let's see if I can post here and "mention" you.
@@ChristineLorraine That would be awesome! We were 29th and Hazel circa 1968~1980.
My mother in law owns the Beer Mug bar before it was bought for demolition 😅
Is it still a safe Italian neighborhood?
No, it is not. West 18th Street and the streets surrounding it are some of the more rundown and dangerous parts of Erie nowadays, and there are very few Italian-owned businesses remaining in the neighborhood. 18th and Chestnut in particular is a very bad area. There have been several shootings at or in the immediate area of the Quick Stop convenience store at that corner.
There are still some positive aspects of the area, though. International Bakery is still in business near 18th and Cherry. There is a community garden on West 18th, and I believe they also have a farmers' market down there during the warmer months as well. As with anywhere you go, if you visit the neighborhood just use your best judgment.
Yo I used to buy pea shooters from Henry's ice cream
Yup its sad that tulio ruined Erie and now anything below 26th and liberty should be demolished