Well, without beating this into the ground, I'll offer four things:

1) http://www.littleitalynyc.com/gethere.asp

2) If anyone around here (actually I live in New Jersey, as does Frank) says
they're going to 'Little Italy', they're going to lower Manhattan. If
they're going to get Italian food in the Bronx, they're going to 'Arthur
Avenue'.

3) There was an episode of Northern Exposure about a neighborhood called
'Little Italy' in Cicely, Alaska.

4) I could be wrong ;-)

P.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SciArt-L Discussion List-for Natural Science Illustration-
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Miriam Kritzer Van Zant
> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 1:06 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: TAN: Little Italy revisited
>
>
> Dear Phil and Sci-arters:
>
> Lest I have misinformed: Today a man who claimed to have spent the first
> 22 years of his life in New York told me that Arthur Ave. is called Little
> Italy by those who live there. He claims to have dated a
> Sicilian girl who
> lived on that very street and whose father was in the Costa Nostra. The
> father called the neighborhood Little Italy. How's that for a
> source? This person also mentioned leaving New York for good by '76, so
> this is not a recent name change. In addition my friend who grew
> up in the
> Bronx did not correct me for referring to Arthur Ave as Little
> Italy, which
> I found surprising knowing her dedication to her hometown and in light of
> Phillips' remarks. It appears there is Manhattan's Little Italy and that
> of the Bronx. Phil, you must be a Manhattanite. Surely Frank, you have
> the power to confirm or deny.
>
> Sincerely,
> Miriam
>
>