Bella Vista : Philadelphia's Little Italy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian Market (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Bella Vista (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Tours.

Bella Vista (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Tours.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Bella Vista.

Genre:

Tours.

Penn Provenance:

Okrent, Nick (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

1 folded sheet : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Philadelphia's Little Italy

Miscellaneous Print Collection. box 2 no 23 PU

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pa.?] : [publisher not identified], [1983?]

Contents:

Overview of Bella Vista

Credits

1. Kater Street (formerly Alaska Street)

2. Columbus Hall (now Mama Yolanda's Restaurant), 746 S. 8th Street

3. Banca D'Italia (now Continental Bank Building), 727 South 7th Street [and] Banca Calabrese, 802 South 7th Street, 704 Catharine Street

4. United Communities Southeast Philadelphia, 623 Catharine Street

5. Mario Lanza's birthplace, 636 Christian Street

6. Passyunk Avenue, between South Street and Washington Avenue

7. St. Mary Magdalen di Pazzi, 712 Montrose

8. Verdi Hall or Italia Theater, 713 Christian Street, now municipal parking lot

9. Casa Ravello, 701 Catharine Street

10. Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, 715-721 Catharine Street

11. Il progresso Italian newspaper, 814 South 8th Street

12. Palumbo's, 824 Catharine Street

13. Italian Market, along 9th Street from just above Christian Street to the Capitolo Playground near Passyunk

14. Washington Street steamship landing, Pier no. 53, between Christian Street and Washington Avenue

15. First Italian Presbyterian Church, 10th and Carpenter Streets

16. Bocce Court, Bardascino Park (formerly site of Community Hospital), 10th and Carpenter Streets

17. Fabiani Italian Hospital, N.E. corner, 10th and Christian Streets.

Notes:

Cover title.

"This self-guided tour was prepared by high school students attending the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's first annual Honors Summer History Institute in July 1983."

Local Notes:

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017 by Nick Okrent.

OCLC:

35290821