THE CHAMBERSBURG OF JUST A FEW YEARS AGO IS CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY AS THE OLD LINE ITALIAN FAMILIES ARE BEING REPLACED BY STILL ANOTHER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. WHEN I WROTE THIS COLUMN 25 YEARS AGO, CHAMBERSBURG WAS STILL "THE BURG," WITH MANY LOCALLY FAMOUS RESTAURANTS, GENERALLY IMMACULATE HOMES WITH CLEAN FRONT STOOPS AND CURBS. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN INTENSE INTEREST IN THE EVOLUTION OF THAT AREA OF TRENTON.
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Tom, as you probably know, the Maistri Pie Fillipini nuns also taught at Villa Victoria and many of the children of the doctors and professionals of the Burg went there. Both Candy Jens and I attended there also. When I go by 541 Hamilton now, where my family had a restaurant, it really hurts to see the neighborhood. But many of the streets still are kept up well in the Burg.Omad
Tom, as you probably know, the Maistri Pie Fillipini nuns also taught at Villa Victoria and many of the children of the doctors and professionals of the Burg went there. Both Candy Jenks and I attended there also. When I go by 541 Hamilton now, where my family had a restaurant, it really hurts to see the neighborhood. But many of the streets still are kept up well in the Burg.
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