Taylor Street
Subtitle:  Chicago's Little Italy   (IL)  (Images of America)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing; Arcadia Pub.
Published: February 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738551074
Subjects: Illinois - Local History; History - U.S; History: American; United States - State & Local - Midwest; History; History / United States / General; IL; Biography; Chicago; Illinois; Italian Americans; Pictorial works; Social life and customs
Description: Chicago's Near West Side was and is the city's most famous Italian enclave, earning it the title of "Little Italy." Italian immigrants came to Chicago as early as the 1850's, before the massive waves of immigration from 1874 to 1920. They settled in small pockets throughout the city' but ultimately the heaviest concentration was on or near Taylor Street, the main street of Chicago's Little Italy.