Talk:Italian Harlem

Someone should write more about the history and present day Italian Harlem

No source in saying former Italian Harlem residents moved to Brooklyn or Bronx
There have been significant population declines in the Bronx, especially in the 1970's, which was during the time when New York City lost much of it's population, for a variety of reasons. Well, if the Bronx loss 20.6% of it's populated in the 1970's, and took in much less immigration in that decade than previous decades, why on earth would anyone move there? The same problems that were existing in this part of Manhattan were going on in the Bronx, and many of the immigrants who came to this part of Manhattan more commonly chose to immigrate to the Bronx anyway, especially neighborhoods bordering this part of Manhattan. Also, Brooklyn experienced population decline in this era, and varying on the part, is more expensive than Harlem. I'm not saying it's possible a couple people haven't moved, as there were probably some other New Yorkers and out-of-state residents who moved into Upper Manhattan, but there's no source to this.

So I'll be deleting these quotes because there's no source.

Most of the Italian American population has left and moved to the Bronx and Brooklyn.

However, in the late 1960s, a large section of Italian Harlem was leveled for urban renewal and the building of Franklin Plaza, forcing many of the Italian residents to move to the Bronx or Brooklyn.

By the way, although the New York Times is a reputable paper, that article does a poor job in referencing out where they've gotten their information, such as people moving out to leafy cul-de-sacs in Long Island and New Jersey. Many couldn't have afforded that. Plus, as mentioned with other boroughs, there were considerable population declines, especially throughout many parts of New Jersey. Just saying New Jersey tends to be vague. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.73.230.11 (talk) 06:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC)