Excellent photos~! I grew up in Little Italy~ 1952 -1975...115 Mott Street~ I was amazed that I was able to identify the street and prospective {looking south} by the 1908 photo alone. The Curved building your speak of is the same building where THE GODFATHER was shot~{Genco Olive Oil Co~ Brando gets shot, drops his bag of oranges. I actually seen the scene shot} We had a loose motorcycle club across the street from that location}~ I was lucky enough to catch the sunset of The Italian Immigration period~along with pushcarts in the street~ Fish push carts~ Vegetables~ It was the most beautiful experience and place to grow up~ My most precious childhood memories...reside lost in time...in that magical village, that can never be revisited....Thank You so much for these precious shots~
Oww that's very exctiting!, I am a fan of the italian culture as I am from Greece and we as people have a lot of commons, anyway. I am studying Audio Visual Arts in Corfu, Greece and I have a homework for a video game, I selected to make a game in the 60s on NY and I Choosed my main streets to be in Litle Italy, so I am searching informations about everything that was going on in the streets, on people and the community. I think there is nothing much better from you tto describe me in short time what was going on in that period. The game is about a ItalianAmerican rising mobster! anything will be apreciated, thanks!!
Hi, I grew up here also, on Mulberry Street, I went to P.S 130 from mid sixties to the seventies. I went to visit this last weekend and it brought me such great memories. I agree with you it was a great place to grow up in.
l grew up in the lower east side 50 60 70 and 80, fiftys,and sixtys my grandmother would take us all over chinatown and little italy, even alphabet city. now l live in puerto rico. and is allways great to see the streets i walk or ride my bike. thanks and keep up with the good work!!!
The building on the right in the old picture is 171 Mott Street. The architecture matches it exactly. The building you were comparing it to is more like 157 Mott. You have to back up a bit to 171 Mott to match it to the old picture.
171 east broadway is the building that we move in, 1957 next to 169 bar, how great is nyc isn't? the bar was there allready!!! from here i walk to mott or mullberry st. many times in my live. thanks again.
We went there with a Chinese friend and the food was delicious. It’s also the five points of the gangs, in the parks everyone is playing high stakes mah Jong games
Nice work side by side comparisons of the details! When I lived in NY during the seventies and early eighties, I would always go to taste the delicious sausage and peppers, zeppole, lasagna and Italian ice flavors at the San Gennaro festival. There was another one I can't remember its name...? We would stroll leisurely at first, then it became so crowded you would be pushing into the next bunch of festival goers. The lights would go on and the noise and music would rise.
I don't think it has changed all that much. The buildings may have different cladding and window pediments, but the stories of the buildings are similar. Iron porches have been removed and the ethnicity has changed, but it is pretty similar. I think we could pretty easily go back into the early photo and feel at home; the smells would be much riper, but it would be similar.
Mott street is said to be named for my family. My Mother's father's side. It is said that any time a Mott visited that the Chinese treated them highly.
Excellent photos~! I grew up in Little Italy~ 1952 -1975...115 Mott Street~ I was amazed that I was able to identify the street and prospective {looking south} by the 1908 photo alone. The Curved building your speak of is the same building where THE GODFATHER was shot~{Genco Olive Oil Co~ Brando gets shot, drops his bag of oranges. I actually seen the scene shot} We had a loose motorcycle club across the street from that location}~ I was lucky enough to catch the sunset of The Italian Immigration period~along with pushcarts in the street~ Fish push carts~ Vegetables~ It was the most beautiful experience and place to grow up~ My most precious childhood memories...reside lost in time...in that magical village, that can never be revisited....Thank You so much for these precious shots~
Oww that's very exctiting!, I am a fan of the italian culture as I am from Greece and we as people have a lot of commons, anyway. I am studying Audio Visual Arts in Corfu, Greece and I have a homework for a video game, I selected to make a game in the 60s on NY and I Choosed my main streets to be in Litle Italy, so I am searching informations about everything that was going on in the streets, on people and the community. I think there is nothing much better from you tto describe me in short time what was going on in that period. The game is about a ItalianAmerican rising mobster! anything will be apreciated, thanks!!
Hi, I grew up here also, on Mulberry Street, I went to P.S 130 from mid sixties to the seventies. I went to visit this last weekend and it brought me such great memories. I agree with you it was a great place to grow up in.
@Michael A #1 It was the most Magical place in many ways and dimensions~ ty~
l grew up in the lower east side 50 60 70 and 80, fiftys,and sixtys my grandmother would take us all over chinatown and little italy, even alphabet city. now l live in puerto rico. and is allways great to see the streets i walk or ride my bike. thanks and keep up with the good work!!!
The building on the right in the old picture is 171 Mott Street. The architecture matches it exactly. The building you were comparing it to is more like 157 Mott. You have to back up a bit to 171 Mott to match it to the old picture.
+Rob Leopoldi ahh thanks for the clarification, looking at these old photos and comparing them using street view can be hard at times. Thanks again.
171 east broadway is the building that we move in, 1957 next to 169 bar, how great is nyc isn't? the bar was there allready!!! from here i walk to mott or mullberry st. many times in my live. thanks again.
We went there with a Chinese friend and the food was delicious. It’s also the five points of the gangs, in the parks everyone is playing high stakes mah Jong games
Nice work side by side comparisons of the details! When I lived in NY during the seventies and early eighties, I would always go to taste the delicious sausage and peppers, zeppole, lasagna and Italian ice flavors at the San Gennaro festival. There was another one I can't remember its name...? We would stroll leisurely at first, then it became so crowded you would be pushing into the next bunch of festival goers. The lights would go on and the noise and music would rise.
Hi Claudia ...Your thinking of Saint Anthony on Mott Street~
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I don't think it has changed all that much. The buildings may have different cladding and window pediments, but the stories of the buildings are similar. Iron porches have been removed and the ethnicity has changed, but it is pretty similar. I think we could pretty easily go back into the early photo and feel at home; the smells would be much riper, but it would be similar.
MOT street!! what a funny named street! :D
Grazie!
Di che non ce piu italiani tutti Chinese
Mott street is said to be named for my family. My Mother's father's side. It is said that any time a Mott visited that the Chinese treated them highly.
Wow That is so kool~
MOT is a verry funny name! :D
The cobblestone is underneath
Yep it sure looks like it
I grew up in this place its call China town NYC !
You areas lucky as I Mel....wish u well brother~
smh. Instead of a candy store, we have a 'romantic gifts' store. My how times have changed.
They serenely have
La petite Italie elle a plus que le nom tu peux toujours chercher pour trouver quelqu’un qui parle italien . Little china oui
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