Talk:Little Italy, Chicago

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sorry about the spelling, i just wanted to save thepage before my computer crashed completely.

i will add more info very soon about taylor st. and harlem and irving as well as other stuff --espo111 1 July 2005 19:45 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguating Little Italies

We need some clarification in the article. The article is mainly about the Taylor St. "Little Italy" (likely the biggest..at least formerly, and most well-known), but there are other "Little Italies" in Chicago as well (Little Hell, Heart of Italy, etc). Specifically, in the "decline" part of the article, Cabrini Green is mentioned as having replaced parts of Little Italy. However, this is not the Taylor St. Little Italy, but rather "Little Hell" a formerly Sicilian settlement area. The gentrification section seems to refer to the former "Little Hell" area as well. If we're referring to the Taylor St. Little Italy, we should be talking about UIC, not the near north side. We shouldn't skip between the multiple "Little Italies" without defining them.- AKeen 16:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I've added a Little Hell section and moved the Cabrini info there. I have a book by Humbert Nelli called "Italians in Chicago" which I will use to add more to this article later. - AKeen 17:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA review

Article is very well written and extensively referenced. The history section looks great. I might recommend moving 'gentrification' as a subsection under history, since it seems to fit a bit better there. I think this is really close to GA status, but after reading it, I just think it's missing something. So I don't think it passes criteria 3a. The Italian American Sports hall of fame & some roman catholic churches are mentioned in the lead, but there's nothing in the main article about them. There also doesn't seem to be too much information about various buildings and landmarks currently in this section of town, and possibly include some photographs. Also, is there anything that can be said about the politics of this section of town and how it integrates into Chicago's overall city government picture? Are there any notable people from Little Italy? Dr. Cash 19:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Addressing this review, I have added a section on landmarks (with a photo). I will try to add one on the party politics of the area as well - AKeen 17:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC)