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Photos of Annual North End Italian Heritage Luncheon

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The annual Italian Heritage Luncheon was held last Friday with good food, mingling and dancing by the mostly senior crowd. In addition, City Councilor at Large, Ayanna Pressley stopped by the event. Photos courtesy of Robert Pirelli.

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In the March 2013 issue of Bostoniano magazine, we found some new articles related to the North End. James Pasto revisits “Street Corner Society,” the famous sociological study of the North End by William Foote Whyte: About halfway through his stay in the North End, Whyte married Kathleen King, and the two moved to a Read More…
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Italian Amputee, Salvatore Cimmino, Swims Boston Harbor

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Watching the Fisherman’s Feast in Sciacca, Sicily Versus Boston’s North End [Videos]

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