The Hill is the Italian community of St. Louis; it has the largest Italian American majority in St. Louis. The population is approximately 2,500 people including myself. It is home to many Italian businesses, mostly restaurant, bakeries, and delis. The name comes from the fact that the highest point of the city is in the Hill’s borders. The Hill community has played a crucial role in my development as a person.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s Italians started to settle the area because of the promising jobs opportunities that the area had to offer. The jobs were mainly in factories and clay mines. The immigrants quickly influenced the increase of Roman Catholic church in St. Louis, St. Ambrose Church was built and became the center of the …show more content…
The housing market is very completive because homes often kept in the family for many generations. There are many restaurants and factories that are nationally recognized such as Amighetti's Bakery, J. Viviano and Sons grocery, Cunetto's House of Pasta, Di Gregorio's grocery, Mama Toscano's Ravioli, and Missouri Baking Company. The most nationally recognized business housed on the Hill is the Volpi Food factory which makes Italian meat for nationwide places as well as some exports. This places are fun to go to get great food and meet new people. All this restaurants and business are proudly apart of the Hill Business Association which is known as the HBA. The Hill Business Association creation was headed by my father still diligently serves as the group’s president. The purpose of the group is “to promote and maintain a prosperous business community on the Hill; to develop and provide an attractive commercial component to compliment the residential character of the area; and to establish and encourage a fraternal spirit for the membership.” The Hill Business Association has helped continue to the tradition of old establishments and brings new businesses to the area. They work hand and hand with the Hill 2000 Neighborhood Association to promote the community as a …show more content…
The two most known athletes that called the Hill home were baseball legends Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola. They were neighbors who famously grew up together playing ball in field which now called Berra Park, the park of the Hill by coincidence named after Louis Berra who had no relations to Yogi Berra. The street that Yogi Berra’s house lays on is now known as “Hall of Fame Place”. His house is on the next block of my street, starting at 5 am that morning people started flocking to the Hill to pay respects to the baseball great after he passed in September of 2015. This was slightly annoying for me because my street was constantly backed up and people would stop to ask directions to his house but I quickly got over it as I saw the influence that he has left behind. This was also the case for Yogi Berra’s neighbor, another baseball legend for both his playing and television career, Joe Garagiola when he passed away in March of
In the late 1800s and early 1900s Italians started to settle the area because of the promising jobs opportunities that the area had to offer. The jobs were mainly in factories and clay mines. The immigrants quickly influenced the increase of Roman Catholic church in St. Louis, St. Ambrose Church was built and became the center of the …show more content…
The housing market is very completive because homes often kept in the family for many generations. There are many restaurants and factories that are nationally recognized such as Amighetti's Bakery, J. Viviano and Sons grocery, Cunetto's House of Pasta, Di Gregorio's grocery, Mama Toscano's Ravioli, and Missouri Baking Company. The most nationally recognized business housed on the Hill is the Volpi Food factory which makes Italian meat for nationwide places as well as some exports. This places are fun to go to get great food and meet new people. All this restaurants and business are proudly apart of the Hill Business Association which is known as the HBA. The Hill Business Association creation was headed by my father still diligently serves as the group’s president. The purpose of the group is “to promote and maintain a prosperous business community on the Hill; to develop and provide an attractive commercial component to compliment the residential character of the area; and to establish and encourage a fraternal spirit for the membership.” The Hill Business Association has helped continue to the tradition of old establishments and brings new businesses to the area. They work hand and hand with the Hill 2000 Neighborhood Association to promote the community as a …show more content…
The two most known athletes that called the Hill home were baseball legends Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola. They were neighbors who famously grew up together playing ball in field which now called Berra Park, the park of the Hill by coincidence named after Louis Berra who had no relations to Yogi Berra. The street that Yogi Berra’s house lays on is now known as “Hall of Fame Place”. His house is on the next block of my street, starting at 5 am that morning people started flocking to the Hill to pay respects to the baseball great after he passed in September of 2015. This was slightly annoying for me because my street was constantly backed up and people would stop to ask directions to his house but I quickly got over it as I saw the influence that he has left behind. This was also the case for Yogi Berra’s neighbor, another baseball legend for both his playing and television career, Joe Garagiola when he passed away in March of