[firebrand]

This notice came a bit too late. Just saw it now.

There was a large, vital Italian-American community in Jersey City. My brother-in-law's family came from there. Guess it's still kicking!

[Clemenza]

Jersey City's Little Italy used to be concentrated on Montgomery Street, where my Grandfather grew up. My mom was raised on Mercer, in an Irish/Black/Puerto Rican area, because it was close to where my grandfather worked at Colgate.

Starting in the 1960s, the Jersey City Italians either moved to places like North Bergen (that's what my grandparents did) or Cliffside Park. If they stayed in Jersey City, they moved to Jersey City Heights which remained heavily Italian until the early 1990s. Lots of Arabs there now.

[ELS]

This notice came a bit too late. Just saw it now.

Me, too. I would have attended had I known sooner. Rats.