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The History of Little Italy, Cleveland

  • A Italian sculpture, Joseph Carabelli began his famous marble works on top of a hill on Mayfield Rd.

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    The History of Little Italy, Cleveland

  • There were 35 native Italians in Cleveland, that settled on Ontario Street.

  • Little Italy was established, Little Italy is protected, Defined and boarded by forest bluff.

  • Many Italian immigrants settled in Mayfield Murray Hill area, and worked in close marbleworks.

  • Little Italy fell into decline after World War two and was destroyed by encroaching freeways and urban renewal.

  • Little Italy dedicated Tony Brush Park, to be named after a champion boxer and Little Italy resident Anthony Brescia at some Random roads in Mayfield.