page_title: Little Italy, Baltimore
section_title: Literary and dramatic references
hierarchical_section_title: Little Italy, Baltimore / Literary and dramatic references
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Leo's Church - St Leo's church seen from a distance during the Feast of St. Gabriel in Little Italy. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 83002939
context_page_description: Little Italy is a neighborhood located in southeastern Baltimore, Maryland. The neighborhood is known for its strong Italian-American heritage and identity. The neighborhood is still mostly populated by the descendants of Italian-American immigrants and remains a closely knit ethnic enclave.
  Due to its close proximity to desirable neighborhoods such as Fell's Point, Upper Fell's Point and Harbor East, real estate values in Little Italy have become high in recent years. Another cause for the neighborhood's competitive real estate market is the lack of properties entering the market due to the longstanding neighborhood tradition of keeping houses within the family. Each summer, the Little Italy community hosts an outdoor film festival where outdoor movies are projected onto a wall at the intersection of High and Stiles Streets.
context_section_description: In Homicide: Life on the Street, fictional detective Al Giardello was raised in Little Italy, as it was the neighborhood inhabited by his father's side of the family. Giardello's mother's side of the family was from a neighboring African American housing project called the Perkins Homes.
  Nora Roberts' book Blue Smoke was set in Baltimore's Little Italy, as is the film adaptation.
caption: St. Leo's Church during the Feast of St. Gabriel, September 2013.
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