Basilica of St. Patrick and Two Bridges Celebrate Mulberry Street

Alec Baldwin Commemorated Mulberry Plaque Dedication Sept 18th at The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral

Basilica of St. Patrick and Two Bridges Celebrate

Scene on Upper Mulberry St during San Gennaro

This year upper Mulberry Street revealed the old neighborhood of Little Italy in a special installation, while The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral (http://oldcathedral.org/) the city’s first Cathedral Church celebrated their 200th anniversary with Two Bridges Neighborhood Council (http://www.twobridges.org/) serving residential, commercial, Manhattan cultural life during the Feast of San Gennaro.

On September 18th @6:00pm Alec Baldwin officiated at a bronze plaque unveiling, celebrating with community leaders, the people and culture of Little Italy’s Mulberry Street. The plaque is designed by Richard Rinaldo, editor of Meatballs & Stickball.

“This innovative art exhibit and plaque illustrates the honor, hard work, love of family that has defined Mulberry street’s Little Italy for over a century,” comments Mark Bussell, Department of Photography-Imaging–Tisch School of the Arts NYU curator of Looking Back with Monsignor Donald Sakano and Two Bridges.

Check it out.  You can find out more here

 

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