Film Preview - Boston's North End: America's Italian Neighborhood

[@Viper4ever05]

I'm not Italian, but the north end was the first neighborhood I ever moved to when my family moved to Boston in the late '80s. Taking a walk in the north end is a nostalgic experience. I hope the people there continue to live there. We need to keep those real estate developers out, they completely ruined my town.

[@cleavisbutkus9373]

I was a Boston cab driver in the 80s. Been out west 30 years. Watching this really brings back memories.

[@mike.p.1400]

Me too

[@TaraConti]

You must have some great stories!!!

[@gentilewarrior]

The Italian diaspora of the late 1800s to early 1900s saw many Italian families leave Southern Italy for North America namely Eastern Canada and the North Eastern United States. But did you know that the Millions of Southern Italians the majority migrated in Latin America? Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Chile received a lot of Italians but it's Argentina that received the most and many Argentinian are descended from these Italians with many having Italian last names.

[@devante9555]

Explains alot. Thanks for the info

[@luckyluke4276]

Alot of northern italians moved to south america too

[@Harakan21]

That explains plenty of Cubans look European, and they value Hard work and education.

[@Harakan21]

@arrowakano I know that! The comment only mentioned Italians. I am aware there were other European countries that migrated to Latin America.

[@Harakan21]

@arrowakano ok dude

[@Gubalicious]

It would be great if every town had an Italian neighbourhood!

[@yonickyg9719]

Well, they do! ...all over Italia! 😉

[@ujackmakokoff]

My father grew up at 138 Prince St. in the North End in the 40's and 50's before joining the Air Force around 1960. In 2006 my company moved our headquarters from Dorchester to City Square in Charlestown. I fulfilled a lifelong dream when moved to 33 Sheafe St. in the North End to be close to work. Ms. Caroline Viscione at 4:51 of this video was my Landlady. It was one of the best times of my life living in one of the coolest neighborhoods anywhere amongst fellow Italian Americans. My father recently passed and watching this brought back so many great memories I have of him and of my childhood. I've lived in Las Vegas for the last 11 years. I cant wait to return home to visit sometime in the near future and take in all the sights, sounds, and smells of a neighborhood unlike any other.

[@MuckoMan]

My mother moved here in 1954 when she was 11 from Avellino. She was one of the last to go thru Ellis Island. She said the girls were brutal and would call her grease ball because she was off the boat. The girls would walk around in gangs and actually tried to steal her sisters dress off her body. My mother would have to fight 15 at a time. She said you couldn't back down because they would just get you the next day. As she grew older she grew fond of the place. But unless you were born there you had no friends.

[@Triumph2024.]

wow, old school. God bless your mum and all the old-timers who paved a road with a lot of grit and hard work. i'm irish american and grew up in a suburb of boston. some of my nicest memories are of my own mum taking me to the north end as a little kid, to attend the st. anthony festival. i still remember my mum giving me a dollar and shoving me in the direction of the immaculate Mary statue so i could pin the money to Her feet! thank you for sharing some of your mum's experience!

[@TinaTina-wt5wu]

So proud of my Italian roots 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹😊🙌

[@multimillionaire8489]

I’m Irish.. god bless these people.. lovely clip..

[@jbello1968]

GREAT Video, I love to hear the old stories of the Italian People coming to America !! God Bless us all !!

[@christianb5551]

So much nostalgia. My grandparents are from Italy and lived here first. So many memories here when I was little.

[@TheLadyjazzy1]

Nice. I'm Irish. But love the Italians and North End.I know my family had it bad too. Famine in Ireland.So many came to Boston.

[@corymenedez2369]

I loved it when I went to Boston. I joked that I was gonna get killed since I'm latino but everybody was so awesome

[@noneyabusiness7747]

My family went to Charlestown from Ireland

[@erectilereptile7383]

It was a love hate relationship with Irish and Italians Many were allies and many were enemies

[@TaraConti]

@@erectilereptile7383 An in the end they all married each other! Lol 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@stevena2428]

Brooklyn guy here with my son just moving to Southie, I look forward to visiting your place next time I come up there!

[@ConstancePalmieri-bp2og]

Love love the north end born and raised there growing up there was amazing was born on north margin street went to st Mary's school graduated from Julie billard high school those were the days my brother be came very successful owning two restaurants down there not bad coming from my north end

[@TheRick8866]

Youngstown Ohio. We have Italians coming out of our ears. Seriously though. They are great people. Very hard workers and great parents.

[@padraig5335]

I'm surprised anyone is left in Youngstown

[@Mrrabbit56]

Is there any Irish in Youngstown?

[@joesmith4251]

Mom's from Steubenville

[@AlienCel1]

I immediately thought of Boom Boom Mancini

[@ssyynntax]

I think the Italian National Anthem is y far the best and most powerful National Anthem in the world...I'll never get tired of hearing it, even during World Cup games, and I side with Brasil! I'm from Malta, just below Sicily, and I truly feel like Italians, especially Sicilians, are like distant cousins!

[@nicholassams6107]

ssyynntax We’re all related lady

[@igorjee]

Maltese is the continuation of the now defunct siculo-arabic language.

[@igorjee]

Until you hear the motherland tremble: SOYUZ NERUSHIMY RESPUBLIK SVOBODNYKH: SPLOTILA NAVEKI VELIKAYA RUS'!

[@RaDi0-HeAd]

Malta and Gozo were always part of Sicily, until they were stolen by the British. They were all Sicilians from different islands, just like we have Sicilians in Lampedusa, Pantelleria, the Eolie island chain, the Egadi island chain, etc. In fact, the Maltese language is a descendant of the old Siculo-Arabic with modern Sicilian, Italian, and English words added.

[@goldtiger808]

Amazing job on this and it brings back a lot of memories. Little Italy's all over the US had a very similar existence. My family was from Abruzzi where they immigrated from around 1900.

[@stevecrow7020]

There's nothing like family.

[@therrienmichael08]

My grandfather Michael Gatta came over on the boat from Italy and worked for Boston DPW.

[@carolbenson6524]

Sure brings back memories. I'm in Colorado now and it's just not the same as it was when I grew up near Chicago. My parents are gone now, and your video sure makes me happy! Thank you.

[@derricklowe2823]

I was stationed at the Coast Guard Base that was directly across the street from the North End and I use to walk through the North End quite often. There was an Italian restaurant at the far end of Hanover Street that made the most delicious pizza 🍕 😋 that I'd occasionally get. I got discharged from the Coast Guard in 1985 and made my way back to my native LA California and I haven't been back since. But I'm planning to soon enough. I imagine it looks a lot different. Can't wait to find out.

[@tonyedwards2064]

I'm from Toledo Oh, Not much of a Italian pop here, mostly eastern Europe..Hungry, Poland, Germany, Decent amount of Arab an Latino's, along with some Greek's as well, pretty much make up most of the Summer Ethnic Festival's, which are pretty damn good..The Italian's I'm pretty sure use to have one, but now i know of only a rather small Italia American club Downtown..I have relatives by marriage that are Italian, two first cousins are half..An man can my aunt cook, her Sister's as well..Obviously, that's no surprise!! So being a Life long Red Sox fan, i had been to Fenway several times, the last time was with my Daughter in 15 or 16 can't remember exactly..But I had a friend from school staying there, an he took us to the North End for Italian food..UNREAL!! my mouth is watering on my keyboard thinking about it!! The historic aspect is excellent as well..If you ever get the chance GO!! you will not regret it..I promise

[@teeeeresa09]

Such a good job! I'm Italian Australian and can relate to alot of this haha

[@vinny57ish]

Bellissima.

[@marievillella4841]

I am Italian Australian to & I love this so many memories I'm so proud to be italian

[@erectilereptile7383]

Funny many Italians from Australia tend to come from the north of the region while many Italian Americans tend to come from the south from regions like Sicily and Campania

[@dandelaney8428]

Very nice video ! Love my heritage ! North end is a fun place my family and I go there for all the festivals we love it !

[@tonyrea7854]

I'm British/Italian born in Manchester's Iittle Italy Ancoats. I can relate to everything our Italian/American brothers and sisters say in this wonderful clip. It brought a tear to my eye thinking back to my childhood. We were brought up no different to you guys in the States. My both families came from Frosinone from the villages of Arpino, Gallinaro, Settefrate, Picinissco. The surnames in my family are Rea, Schiavi, Tiani, Acari, Latessa, Fusco, Aprutesse. So proud of my Italian roots and Heritage!! Via l'italia per sempre!! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤❤

[@Unknown-lh7sm]

nonce

[@CarlettoPuglia]

Buonasera, my famiglia from the Puglia region settled in Somerville, just outside Boston. I still remember dancing in the streets of the North End during the feast ! My cous' Bobby and Tony are still there. Viva North End !

[@GaetanoPirulli]

I'm from Puglia! Where they were from?

[@CarlettoPuglia]

@@GaetanoPirulli near Locorotondo

[@GaetanoPirulli]

@@CarlettoPuglia I've been there many times, it's not far from my town

[@william-michaelcostello7776]

The Boston accent lives on in the Nauth End. Forget Beacon Hill and Back Bay. Go Nauth End

[@jessegomes7815]

PROUD TO BE ITALIAN PORTUGUESE , ALBANY NY

[@Gabpt]

Where your Portuguese part is from ?and in which year they came to the US

[@danman7903]

Same mix as me

[@ElizabethHurtado-py8ur]

Italians are some of the hardest workers and nicest people in my opinion.

[@ismailaweys4730]

It’s lovely historical clip

[@brucevilla]

Thanks for Uploading.

[@lucianoerrico452]

Great video. 🇮🇹

[@lalitbarai]

I'd love to visit this neighborhood.

[@bostongirlsandy]

Representing Boston 617!

[@RalphTorchio]

Great clip. My parents migrated from Calabria and Piemonte. North end every Saturday and Sunday shops and good old haymarket. Best of times I’m fortunate to have those memories buona fortuna

[@teediggy1785]

With that said my family came and stayed in NYC not Boston but it is what it is. From there years later they came to Bridgeport CT then New Haven CT and Stratford which all had thriving Italian communities Bridgeport New Haven Wooster Street Stratford as well

[@xPaulxDx99]

My nonnie grew up above the pizza reginas, when I was younger me and family used to ride the t up to Boston every year to catch saint Anthony’s. And 6:14 looks just like my nanas apartment

[@JuanCarlosRF1]

North end rent is so expensive! And so many rich yappies r living there now. Pretty sad just like southi. North End is still pretty fun to go to

[@aldowilliams4765]

Dorchester and mattapan are still Boston

[@wzelo5680]

Even in eastie too.

[@wzelo5680]

You still see kids but there all about Ronaldo Messi and soccer

[@alexmacarthur5136]

It is of paramount importance that we as society preserve the vestiges of peoples past. Over time, the remnants of the old Italian immigrants and their culture will die down; it is our duty as cultural gatekeepers to preserve the past. I commend the makers of this documentary.

[@kephartacus5454]

Quit with the self importance lol

[@kileyfitzgerald6792]

Ohhh is the pool named after that Mirabella!!??

[@IlaughedIcried]

All I can think is how INCREDIBLE those streets must smell, and how much I would EAT EVERY DAY if I lived there!!!

[@BarbaraPineda-v9p]

I had visited this cities, Boston, states, Massachusetts, yrs, 2008s also climates so brutal too, I enjoyed traveling, too the commentwealth, states, next placed providence, canada,also had visited Toronto, Ontario, and checked nother placed, niagara, fall, waterfalls, small regionals, only fews placed, of providence, 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

[@bobwalsh2112]

East Boston was once very Italian too

[@cleavisbutkus9373]

Easta Bauston.

[@mike.p.1400]

Yes it was. I grew up there.

[@LewisC-t1f]

I love Italian culture and food! Good people! 🇮🇹 ✝️ ❤️

[@bluedaffodil2023]

I'm proud that I am from Boston

[@Estephan2013]

How can I watch the full movie?

[@ancientcoastie]

Anybody there still remember the manager of The First National Bank Of Boston on Hanover street?

[@MrDanhenry]

nice film-keep it up--best wishes

[@PomazeBog1389]

*_GREAT VIDEO ON THE BRONX. MISS THAT PLACE._*

[@wzelo5680]

This is the north end

[@PomazeBog1389]

@@wzelo5680 *_NORTH END OF BRONX, I AGREE. NOT WHAT IT ONCE WAS._* *_MEMORIES._*

[@wzelo5680]

Big Richard I mean this was in Boston.

[@wzelo5680]

Big Richard but it’s probably the same like north end Boston

[@PomazeBog1389]

@@wzelo5680 *_SOME PEOPLE REFERRED TO THIS PART OF THE BRONX AS "LITTLE BOSTON". YOU ARE RIGHT._*

[@amirouchethelionofnumidia7092]

I just moved from Florida to Boston I am originally from Algeria north Africa which is not far from Italy the weather is pretty the same and the north and I think is the most beautiful neighborhood in Boston or maybe the United States they have the best restaurants in the nation the best atmosphere and Mike’s pastry is the best maybe and less you’re talking about my wife’s pastry she makes the best pastry and down

[@nikolabakich9709]

there is a joke in italy since northern italy is wealthy with clothing brands shoes cars and industry of all kinds they say that africa starts at Rome lol

[@hanialturk5981]

Did anyone move to NY. And Boston from the North? Milan, Torino? Or mainly just the south

[@3-methylindole730]

Yes, NY also. But mainly southern Italians. The economy is broken down basically in the south, no jobs. That's why the Italian immigration has been going on. My parents moved to Germany, where I grew up. But we visit Italy as Germany is not as far away from Germany as the US East Coast.

[@Kegga_6]

Ahh the North End, Bovas bakery is gotta be the best, Francesco's pizza and Polcaris great stuff

[@improperbostonian6722]

Bravo Bella!!

[@Lisa-NewEngland]

All 8 great-grandparents had the same route; Italy➡️North End 💚🤍❤️

[@Nimrodbodeinejr]

My family was from castalamare

[@Gabpt]

Crazy how we Portuguese and Italians are the same. Salute Fratelli

[@HL-ll4zz]

Im Mexican and did my DNA im part italian 6% and Portuguese 7% but i am mostly native American 66% rest is spanish 21%

[@michaelreyes6258]

Tomas Ribeiro ...and the Spanish as well. I can relate to all the culture, family gathering, large meals, the Catholic ways and I can actually pick on some of the Italian words I’ve heard and I’ve never taken Italian studies 😆

[@mcglobulon]

Hey this is great

[@VanillaGorilla7]

Unfortunately now its full of yuppies and tourists .

[@MrsMonte]

Mr.Sevans 51 Yup 😢😢

[@raconteur5195]

It could be worse

[@Mrrabbit56]

This pisses me off.

[@mediterraneanworld]

The people who used to live there are now yuppies and tourists! Please why would they stay in these neighborhoods? These were ghettos that they lived in due to necessity and they wanted the supposed good like like everyone else and tried to shed their identity to blend in and not be discriminated against.

[@michaelreyes6258]

Compa!

[@4nik8]

Fun fact, the North End was an Irish neighborhood before the Italians came over.

[@teediggy1785]

Calabria Sicily Rome a few places my family comes from

[@mariolombardi348]

Am i the only italian watching this?

[@sergejisd]

Obviously NOT

[@mariolombardi348]

E allora parla taliano

[@sergejisd]

@@mariolombardi348 Perché non l'hai fatto tu per primo

[@beefsoda1]

We would all wear suits and eat spaghetti and cannoli in the neighborhood

[@3-methylindole730]

My parents migrated to Germany, in the late 60s to the 70s. I grew up in Germany but we still speak Italian in our family. Cousins live here too. My question to the generations in Boston North End, how was their relation to the Italian language, did you speak fluent in adolescence? When was the Italian language more or less deceased and when did English take over?

[@BarbaraCole-z1l]

Townies were close separated by a small bridge to the North End the kids were rivals & the women worked in Charlestown got along w everyone..Because of the Church the Feast on the N E was fah everybody .Food & Haymarket Sq. Tied everyone in also..

[@christinemastro350]

Someone there from Abruzzo? :D

[@mira2987]

How could you not mention the mafia ????

[@JohnDoe-iu7gt]

Mi Ra douchebag

[@padraig5335]

How could you have a pic of a mass murdering, gay hating, racist? Idk either but you do.

[@mira2987]

@@padraig5335 more talking points.. you know him personally or are yoy repeating what some other man put up your butthole. So tell me more of how Ernesto Guevara hurt your feelings

[@michaelreyes6258]

I love the Italian culture!

[@MrEvrit]

it's interesting how italian americans are sou proud of their heritage. Italians in italy often feel ashamed to be italian.

[@Ilostmyfob]

wow, why? I never heard of that.

[@ihatejpmorgan]

Italian Americans have a very distinct culture, it's one they made up themselves. They are nothing like Italians in Italy and don't want to be.

[@lucmanzoni6265]

@@Ilostmyfob You've never heard it because it's not true... pure BS. Italians from Italy are usually very critical of the government etc, and we like to talk shit about some things that happen in Italy, but only a few idiots are ashamed of being Italian.

[@Ilostmyfob]

@@lucmanzoni6265 I agree

[@thematriarchy2075]

BS

[@HelloooThere]

Are there still any people living there?

[@aldowilliams4765]

Certain parts of Hanover are still sort of like this, but it’s nothing like back then because of gentrification

[@HelloooThere]

@@aldowilliams4765 Gentrification is overrated but it can help things too.

[@mmb2211]

Here's something funny. It's a video about Boston but I have watched more than half of it and not once the word Boston is uttered. Strange things.

[@jhlfsc]

Unlike other emigrant groups, Italians were not so precious about the USA being the land of their salvation. The diaspora did just as well in Canada, England, Australia, Brazil and Argentina.

[@barano9729]

Build the wall

[@ZingsVideos]

Fortunately you don't have to be Italian to eat the food!

[@roccoconte2960]

My grandfather came here in 1912, to WORK , not for WEAL FARE. He worked his entire life and so did my father and myself never collected a penny of weal fare . Not like many immagrants of today.

[@roccoconte2960]

@arrowakano Beg to differ my friend it was very rare they were to proud and came here to work and get ahead thats why they left socialist Italy they were starving under socialist rule i.e. now a days democrat party.

[@sergejisd]

@@roccoconte2960 Italy never had socialist rule.

[@mediterraneanworld]

blow it out your a** - what do you know about the historical reality? What is WEAL FARE? It didn't exist you cretino! WHo cares what you and your family did?

[@mediterraneanworld]

@@roccoconte2960 What are you talking about? Socialist Italy? With the King or Mussolini? You really show had ignorant you are Rocco!

[@mediterraneanworld]

@@sergejisd Rocco has been too busy working and not collecting his WEAL FARE to read history.

[@highecuador1873]

Itll all be condos soon.

[@themako990mako9]

We can never be imitated.

[@TheLadyjazzy1]

Is that Tony Soprano? jk

[@Дора-в7я]

Italians..... all about food and meatballs)))))

[@quercus5398]

Цыпа Цыпочка And a few other things.......let’s see,the Roman Empire.....the Renaissance......the inventors.... the explorers.......the inventors of music..........the banking system.........start of medicine........the home of Marco Polo.... Amerigo Vespucci......Cristoforo Colombo.......Giovanni Verrazano........Giovanni Caboto.......the home of inventors like... Guglielmo Marconi the radio......Antonio Meucci the telephone......Alessandro Volta the battery.....just a few Let’s not forget the world’s greatest cuisine......and of course Pasta with Polpette!

[@satajet100]

why no body talk about english american scottish american italian they are always italian portaguese chinese est indian but never american

[@almaouguelmim9778]

The same conditions for all the poor immigrants, doesn't matter where you came from,diseases, prejudice, exploitation, It's just a very miserable life that you don't wish to nobody even your enemy, believe me,we're not very far to come back to this kind of life.Thanks to the capitalism.

[@mediterraneanworld]

WTF? Capitalism is what caused much of the economic disaster in Italy after unification! I am not advocating anything but you need to learn your history.

[@pranavpillai7778]

@@mediterraneanworld capitalism caused the problem but also cured it. Now all immigrants who came in the 19th and 20th century are American as everyone.

[@mediterraneanworld]

@@pranavpillai7778 who are you taking to?? The op was the one saying that - please don’t virtue signal - people in the USA are racist against most newcomers until a new group comes along for them to hate on! I should know from my own families experience being half Iranian. So don’t lecture me on how this country treats immigrants. Better than most but not that myth that they try to teach in school and would have you believe

[@pranavpillai7778]

@@mediterraneanworld True. Sorry I came off that way.

[@clammerify]

what a hell hole

[@ceciliaageofaquarius1225]

Why do Italians dislike dark skin people? I like the culture, not the racism.

[@CityofDreams95]

Just programming I guess . Same with all racism .. the whites the blacks the Hispanics blah blah blah .. who are the only people who are not beastly and have not enslaved thier own kind or others ? I don't know ....

[@kephartacus5454]

Announcing that you're against racism is hilarious. And generalizing a group of people as a certain thing is hilariously low iq.

[@palermotrapani9067]

I think Italians when they got here tied themselves to 2 things, 1) God and the Catholic Church and 2) Family. Those 2 things are what gave them solidarity to navigate in a USA that going back to the Know Nothing movement of the 19th century, was always anti-Catholic. So Italians while they may have butted heads with other Catholic Ethnic Groups, the Irish and the Polish by the 2nd generation, say just before WW2 became people that outside of the ethnic enclave, Italians associated with more. For 1 reason, Catholicism was a common thread that the Italians, Irish and Polish had in common. You can throw in the Bavarian South Germans as well. My ancestors immigrated to New Orleans between 1890 and 1905 and it was similar. Italians got along with the Irish, and in Louisiana the French, again given a common thread of the Catholic Faith. My grandparents saw the world through a certain prism. You were Italian or you were not. For those who were not Italian, an Irishmen, Frenchmen, Polish, etc would be called as such but with a little more familiarity, over time the ethnic distinctions with those groups became less as there was lots of marriages among those ethnic groups. Protestant Anglo-Scots, i.e WASP etc. were called "Americana", Jewish people were Jewish, Blacks were Blacks, Mexicans were Mexicans etc.

[@Sean-jc6cu]

The same to can be said about black people. I grew up in an Irish Catholic household and my Dad condemned racism. When my parents divorced I moved down south with my mom. Long story short, I was not accepted by the black kids in a majority black school.

[@josephprovenzano2083]

Movies portray this racist image of Italian americans. where I live a man named cosimo matassa who recorded and helped many African American musicians get their start.In 2012 he was inducted into the r&r hall of fame. Unfortunately, there are racist in every culture.

[@dre9484]

Italians come from New York not from Boston.

[@dre9484]

jmalcolmg123 that’s irrelevant ya moron.

[@erectilereptile7383]

DRE Italians come from a variety of cities on the east coast and Midwest mostly There is a decent amount in cities like Los Angeles and Vegas though

[@padraig5335]

No Italians come from Italy dumb fuck, they moved to places like NYC, Boston, Providence, new haven, St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City etc

[@mediterraneanworld]

Italians come from Italy - these other people are AMERICANS of Italian descent - please. Non si confonde le due cose!

[@alexmackinson]

America’s Italian neighborhood? Gtfoh. Not even close.

[@Strings-jg2to]

What was the first one?

[@alexmackinson]

Strings 1043 new haven ct is by far a more Italian historic neighborhood and don’t even get me started about the obvious New York City

[@padraig5335]

@@alexmackinson Yeah I'd agree with New Haven. They haven't been pushed out either.