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Little Italy
[Information Updated - July 14, 2010]
Little Italy in San Diego is different. A stable ethnic business and residential community since the 1920's, Little Italy today represents
Downtown San Diego's oldest continuous neighborhood business district. At one time, more than 6,000 Italian families lived in Little Italy and toiled to build
San Diego into the center of the world tuna industry.
With the decline of the tuna industry on the West Coast and the
destruction of 35% of Little Italy due to the construction of Interstate 5, Little Italy suffered nearly thirty years of decline. In
the early 1990's, established property owners and family run business owners decided to take their fate into their own hands.
Today San Diego's Little Italy is on the brink of rebuilding its greatness. New Italian American and non-Italian business owners alike are
seeking retail and professional space. Creative builders and architects are building beautiful new developments and the local redevelopment agency is funding
more than three million in street improvements on the main commercial corridor, India street. The Little Italy Association has aggressive plans to bring the
story of Little Italy to its visitors through public art displays. Little Italy, San Diego is serving as a model for the handful of Little Italys remaining
throughout the country. Visitors will enjoy the plethora of Italian markets and bakeries, may watch a game of bolla at the local park or light
a candle at the Our Lady of the Rosary Church where Italian fishermen of San Diego's once-massive tuna fleet used to seek blessings.
[Information Updated - July 14, 2010]
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