My group and our trip to Little Italy

2. HISTORY
• BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1900’S WHEN ITALIAN
AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS BEGAN TO SETTLE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING TAYLOR
STREET IN THE HEART OF LITTLE ITALY. THE
AMOUNT OF IMMIGRANTS PEAKED IN THE EARLY
20TH CENTURY DURING THE ROARING TWENTIES,
WHERE THERE WERE UPWARDS OF 100,000
ITALIAN AMERICANS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

3. DEMOGRAPHICS& MEDIAN INCOME
• MEDIAN INCOME- $58,560
• MEDIAN AGE- 28 YRS.
• AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE-2.3
• MALE/FEMALE RATIO- 51%/49%

4. FUN FACTS & TOURIST
ATTRACTIONS
• ITALIAN AMERICAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME
• ARRIGO PARK
• MARIO’S ITALIAN LEMONADE
• ITALIAN RESTAURANTS
• ONLY HALF A SQUARE MILE
• STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WAS MADE IN 1893
HALL OF FAME HAS OVER 200 INDUCTEES (JOE DIMAGGIO0, VINCE
LOMBARDI, AND JOE MONTANA)

6. DIRECTION
RED LINE: GRANVILLE TO JACKSON
TRANSFER TO BLUE LINE
BLUE LINE: JACKSON TO RACINE
WALK 0.5 MILES N TO TAYLOR ST.

7. WORKS CITED
• "LITTLE ITALY NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (IL), 60607 DETAILED PROFILE." LITTLE ITALY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (IL), 60607 SUBDIVISION PROFILE. N.P., N.D. WEB. 23 OCT. 2014.
<HTTP://WWW.CITY-DATA.COM/NEIGHBORHOOD/LITTLE-ITALY-CHICAGO-IL.HTML>.
• "LITTLE ITALY, CHICAGO." WIKIPEDIA. WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION, 23 OCT. 2014. WEB. 24 OCT. 2014.
<HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/LITTLE_ITALY%2C_CHICAGO>.