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San Gennaro at 100, Little Italy fades from the map
New York's oldest Italian festival marks a century as the neighborhood that birthed it empties of Italian Americans.
Fortune · 3m
How the Feast of San Gennaro made Italians American
A century-old street festival reveals the long journey from immigrant outsiders to cultural icons.
The Conversation · 2m