Slideshow: A stroll on Lorigan Street

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

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Multimedia presentation by
Lake Fong and Diana Nelson Jones
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Bloomfield's reputation as Pittsbugh's Little Italy is as strong as anywhere on Lorigan Street. The small enclave is just a couple blocks below Liberty Avenue. Recently Lorigan Street has attracted new people who claim different roots, but this is a place where what used to be counts.

If you want to know what's what, ask Isadore Sanchioli. For more than eight decades, this has been Izzy's world.

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First published on May 31, 2006 at 12:00 am

This show was produced by Curt Chandler. Diana Nelson Jones can be reached at djones@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1626. Lake Fong can be contacted at lfong@post-gazette.com.