1900s NWC Street Scene Old Italian Shops Photo (Mulberry Street):As of the 2000 census,692,739 New Yorkers reported Italian ancestry,making them the largest European ethnic group in the city.New York metropolitan area is home to 3,372,512 Italians."My wife's family is originally from NY and part of the holiday ritual is a trip to Mulberry Street each Christmas Eve to procure the goodies for a proper Holiday meal. Alleva Dairy,one of the oldest stores in the city,is the first stop.Next door is a great pasta shop.There's a wonderful pork store near that,but the last three years we've been there the line is about 50 people long,so we skip it.Back to Mulberry and three blocks down is the last stop,Caffe Roma on Mulberry and Broome,for fresh pastries and desserts.Our surgical strikes into the city get us in at 9 a.m. and back home to central NJ by noon.The throngs of people from the 1900 pictures is very alarming. Kits: Dreaming of you by Golden Sun,Floral Sweetness by Hakiad.