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# 85 NOVEMBER 21 , 2016
# 85 November 21 2016
It is distributed by the same guy who
prints it: he writes the stories, he edits it,
he prints it and then he takes around the
bundle of newspapers to the restaurants or wherever there is the possibility of
leaving free magazines. Il Pensiero is issued every other week and doesn't costs
you anything, you pick it up and it's for
free!
Are there people, or facts that have had
or still have a particular importance in
describing Italy in St. Louis and in Missouri?
You cannot divorce the community from
our two priests of the last 50 years: Monsignor Polizzi and Monsignor Bommarito.
When the city of St. Louis wanted to build the new interstate highway directly
through The Hill Community, Monsignor
Polizzi went to the State Capital with busses full of supporters with him to try to
save the houses of The Hill. In the end he
obtained the rerouting of the highway,
even if we still lost 109 houses: but it
could have been worse if it wasn't for
Monsignor Polizzi. They also built a bridge across the highway so the inhabitants could reach both their work locations
we also have the Columbus Day Parade because it is very challenging because
in the park of the neighbourhood.
of the tight city corners.
We Also have a Christmas event: at
Christmas time about a couple of dozens of shopkeepers put their activities
in the shop windows so people can go
around and look at the various activities
they do. We also organize a bicycle race
on The Hill: professional bicycle racers
have been coming here to race on The
Hill for almost 20 years and they like it
You also have an Italian newspaper, “Il
Pensiero”. Is it difficult to maintain a publication, and how do you distribute it?
There are two people working in the
newspaper, both of them speaking fluent
Italian: some parts are written in English,
but there is Italian than English in it.
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