Just great film making Paul. I can see the sadness in that man's eyes as he speaks of Lucy, "one of the last matriarchs of the neighborhood." We all get older and naturally feel more nostalgic of our past and our relationships with our neighbors and our communities. It just feels like our time and memories were accelerated as we were pushed out of our homes to allow for the immediacy of corporate profit.
what he said is true. You could walk through Manhattan and pass through neighborhoods where different nationalities lived. The upper east side had Germans, Polish, Hungarian etc... you could go there and they had all their grocery stores and bakeries specializing in foods from their homeland. 86th Street was Germantown and they had German restaurants, hairdressers, beer halls, Shoe stores, marzipan stores, bakeries, big food stores where you could buy a hundred different German sausages and breads as well as German kitchen tools. There were also community churches for each neighborhood where the people could gather and the priest spoke their language. There were Polish butchers and bakeries. There were Hungarian cafes serving strudels and Hungarian grocery stores where you could buy 100 different kind of flour. they had the flours in big barrels and you helped yourself to what you needed. There were Hungarian restaurants serving goulash. Little Italy was full of special Italian grocery stores where you could buy fresh ravioli, fresh mozzarella, fresh bread stuffed with cheese and proscuito all made in the store. You could buy Sicilian olive oil , parmigiano reggiano and spinach lasagne. All this is gone now. Everything is the same. They built a huge store called Eataly now on 23rd street that sells imported Italian food for insane prices and everybody thinks it is great -- but it is really just what we used to have in Little Italy in small family owned stores.
Watch to the finish. Always wondered why the baked clams at Umbertos and BENITO ONE were my my top two downtown See you next week, need to experience that taste again
Just great film making Paul. I can see the sadness in that man's eyes as he speaks of Lucy, "one of the last matriarchs of the neighborhood." We all get older and naturally feel more nostalgic of our past and our relationships with our neighbors and our communities. It just feels like our time and memories were accelerated as we were pushed out of our homes to allow for the immediacy of corporate profit.
Powerful film. As an Italian American whose great grandparents grew up and lived there, I want to thank you for sharing this story. 🇮🇹🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful!
Love this work, Paul. Thank you for capturing and preserving these stories in such an intentional and artful way.
I enjoy all your films... especially this one. Mr.Bari is a classy man.
@@ChinatownTim Thanks for watching! Agree 100%
Again, great video. Brings back memories of my mother telling me stories of her growing up in Little Italy.
@@subwayjoefrombrooklyn4471 Thanks
what he said is true. You could walk through Manhattan and pass through neighborhoods where different nationalities lived. The upper east side had Germans, Polish, Hungarian etc... you could go there and they had all their grocery stores and bakeries specializing in foods from their homeland. 86th Street was Germantown and they had German restaurants, hairdressers, beer halls, Shoe stores, marzipan stores, bakeries, big food stores where you could buy a hundred different German sausages and breads as well as German kitchen tools. There were also community churches for each neighborhood where the people could gather and the priest spoke their language. There were Polish butchers and bakeries. There were Hungarian cafes serving strudels and Hungarian grocery stores where you could buy 100 different kind of flour. they had the flours in big barrels and you helped yourself to what you needed. There were Hungarian restaurants serving goulash. Little Italy was full of special Italian grocery stores where you could buy fresh ravioli, fresh mozzarella, fresh bread stuffed with cheese and proscuito all made in the store. You could buy Sicilian olive oil , parmigiano reggiano and spinach lasagne. All this is gone now. Everything is the same. They built a huge store called Eataly now on 23rd street that sells imported Italian food for insane prices and everybody thinks it is great -- but it is really just what we used to have in Little Italy in small family owned stores.
Eataly is overrated garbage. We have it here in London as well. The 21st century is disgusting.
Love the series, can’t turn away
Question
Was this a guy a cook/chef at Umberto’s?
Looks so familiar
Watch to the finish.
Always wondered why the baked clams at Umbertos and BENITO ONE were my my top two downtown
See you next week, need to experience that taste again
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@@ChuySaysSalud Thanks!
I wonder what Dr. Suess would think about Mulberry Street today?
Based on the fact that he said started school in 1954 and that he said he was 66 years old, I suspect that this interview was from around 2014.
@@subwayjoefrombrooklyn4471 2015
@ Thank you. I figured between 2014 and 2015 depending what month born from 1948 to 1949.