hi and thanks Lisa Schultz for inviting me! its nice to see people that take pride in where they live and enjoy the history of the area! my family has been in bay view since the turn of the 20th century,both families coming from Italy,and ending up on Delaware ave between Russell and potter avenue. back then it was called little Italy,not to get confused with the third ward little Italy which was made up with a good percentage of Sicilians, most of us in bay view were northern,southern and Sicilians.my mothers family lived kitty korner from puddlers hall,a big house that took up three corners,delaware potter and st Claire. my uncle john basile took these photos from around 1920 into the 40s...he also developed his own photos! im sharing them with you as I see the interest you all have in bay view and I can only speak from the time I lived there of which I still do and saw the changes that took place thru out the years.the following photos are of the old beluah brinton,which was bay views first fire barn,which was latter turned into a community center for immigrants,wanting to learn to speak the English language and become citizens.all four of my grandparents got their citizenship from there.it also served to teach children cooking sewing and there were also, dance classes basketball art classes and movies on a Friday nite,all of which my siblings and I attended! in this photo bb was all decked out for the fourth of july 1922...its a shame they took it down..so much history! puddlers hall was just south of it on the corner and then it was run by the barbieri family up into the 80s I believe..bb was on st Claire street across the street from the old triangle! the houses you see north of bb,there lived the families of the men who worked at the rolling steel mill.the triangle as was called was a meeting place for kids to play on Friday nites the italians and neighbors alike to meet to socialize which later became a monument for Italian americans that were killed in world war 1.both of my families worked at the rolling steel mill up until the time it closed.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:04:53 +0000
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