The Italian Village section of downtown Jersey City, once known as “Italian Town” and “Little Italy”, has paid witness to many social and cultural changes throughout its more than 100 year history. “At the turn of the century, the Village pulsed with life. Men played bocci...
The Village Archives is a new, special feature of the Village Neighborhood Association website and is guest edited by architectural historian John Gomez, whose family has been a part of the Italian Village since 1971. John is the author of Legendary Locals of Jersey City...
I just came across this amazing photographic image - it's the oldest I've ever seen of the Village, especially of a major corridor. Notice the structure standing on what is now the Lambiase plaza!...
