The National Public Housing Museum

  is proud to present:

     What is community? How do race and identity relate to place and space?
What relevance does The National Public Housing Museum have to
the Little Italy neighborhood?

We invite you to a panel discussion on identity in relation to place and culture.
The panelists will take an in-depth look at the Little Italy community before and after the residents of the Jane Addams Homes and explore the role that
race and identity does and did have.

Kathy Catrambone: Kathy is a journalist, an author of a book on Taylor Street and an advocate for the preservation of Taylor Street history.

Mike Fiore: Mike is a life-long resident of Little Italy and an active member of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii. He is a neighborhood icon and local storyteller.

Peter N. Pero: Peter is an educator and is the author of two books on Chicago neighborhood history. He provides architectural walking tours of the city.

Carlo Vaniglia: Carlo is a local history enthusiast and small business owner. He is a leader in the Associzione Regionale Siciliane and is active with other heritage organizations.

Keith L. Magee (moderator): NPHM President & CEO

 RSVP to Jordan Glover at:
jglover@nphm.org or 312.996.0834

Refreshments will be served

 Museum in the Streets Sponsored By:

Click the link below to download the event flier:

Our_Little_Italy_fullpage.pdf (206 KB)

_{Images: Left: Children play in 1952 at Loomis Courts. Breezeways were called "sidewalks in the air" by the Chicago Housing Authority. Photograph by Harry Callahan
Right: The animal court at the Jane Addams Homes during the early 1950s. Statues by artist Edgar Miller are now being conserved. Photograph from the Chicago Housing Authority Archive}