When the first Italian moved to the area near Catherine Street around 1798; it was mostly forest and field. It was considered Irishtown by the early residents. By 1852; an Italian church had been established for the community; and from the advent of mass migration beginning in 1876 grew Philadelphia�s Little Italy. The original neighborhood was bound by the area from Sixth Street to Eleventh Street and Bainbridge to Federal Streets. Many of the early families�Baldi; Pinto; and Fiorella�established businesses in the area that continue today. Other beautiful buildings still left standing are remnants of the once thriving banking industry in this little neighborhood. As time progressed; the market expanded beyond its local neighbors. Italians throughout Philadelphia developed their own Little Italy communities to the north; west; and farther south of the original boundaries.
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