{"id":237859,"date":"2015-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/the-new-heart-of-little-italy\/"},"modified":"2015-08-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T07:00:00","slug":"the-new-heart-of-little-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/the-new-heart-of-little-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"El nuevo 'coraz\u00f3n' de Little Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Chris G\u00f3mez | Peque\u00f1a Italia Noticias<\/p>\n

Back in December of 2014, the Little Italy community broke ground on its most enterprising project yet \u2014 Piazza Famiglia, a 10,000-square-foot public piazza to serve the Little Italy community.<\/p>\n

Today, one can drive through the Little Italy neighborhood and see the construction for this new public space taking place \u2014 transforming West Date Street, between Columbia and India streets into the new \u201cheart\u201d of Little Italy.<\/p>\n

The Little Italy Association, in partnership with H.G Fenton Company, is working to create this central community gathering space to host farmers markets, concerts, cultural events and more.<\/p>\n

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An artist\u2019s rendition of Piazza Famiglia (Courtesy H.G. Fenton Company)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project was inspired by the grand piazzas of Italy and Europe and will feature classic Italian architectural details and design. Piazza Famiglia will include attractive landscaping with a grand water feature and inviting seating and gathering areas. This space will create approximately 130 new eco-friendly living units, a large public space for visitors and residents, approximately 16,600 square feet of restaurant and commercial space and an underground parking garage.<\/p>\n

In order for the Little Italy Association to embark on these grand projects, the community hosts a lot of fundraising events such as the Taste of Little Italy, Ferragosto (which is happening on Saturday, Aug. 15 \u2014 so mark your calendars!), FESTA! and more!<\/p>\n

Just this past month, the Little Italy Association hosted a special fundraising event specifically for Piazza Famiglia. Thanks to Meyer Fine Art for opening up their gallery and San Diego local Italian artist, John Asaro, for agreeing to create new pieces of art and together choosing to donate 50 percent of the proceeds to Piazza Famiglia, the Little Italy Association was able to host a fundraising art exhibition, \u201cComing Home to Famiglia: The Works of John Asaro.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event has been very successful, with over 15 paintings sold and $20,000 raised towards the brand new piazza. Since the exhibition has been such a hit, the show has been extended until Friday, Aug. 14.<\/p>\n

Little Italy wouldn\u2019t be able to be the best Little Italy neighborhood in the nation if it wasn\u2019t for all the community support it receives. We\u2019d like to give a big thank you to all of you that support the neighborhood in any way \u2014 we hope to see you around at one of our upcoming events!<\/p>\n

Details about any of Little Italy\u2019s events can be found by visiting littleitalysd.com<\/a>. To check out what other things are going on in our neighborhood, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @LittleItalySD<\/a> y Facebook\/Peque\u00f1a Italia de San Diego<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Christopher Gomez ha sido gerente de distrito de Little Italy desde 2000. Cont\u00e1ctelo en chris@littleitalysd.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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