West Side of Stamford
The West Side of Stamford is the area immediately west of
The West Side of
Ethnic groups
Many Italian-Americans in the neighborhood in the Twentieth century immigrated from
Local institutions
Stamford Hospital with a campus of more than 10 acres (40,000 m2), is the largest institution in the neighborhood,[3] the Yerwood Community Center is located in West Stamford, as is Lione Park, and the Westover Elementary School. The public E. Gaynor Brennan Golf Course is to the north
The New Covenant House soup kitchen, established in 1978, is in the neighborhood and is the only soup kitchen set up to help people in Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan and Darien. Run by Catholic Charities of Fairfield County, the soup kitchen provides daily hot meals and extreme nourishment to the homeless.[4]
Pellicci's Italian restaurant has been located at the same address on Stillwater Avenue since 1947. The family-owned restaurant is known for unpretentious, old-fashioned Italian cooking. Joe DiMaggio, Nancy Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Walter Cronkite have all dined there. The eatery sells more than 1,000 pounds of baked chicken a week.[5]
Fire Department
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Notes
- ^ [1]"It follows campaign of cleaning on West Side", a Google translation page for "Sigue campaña de limpieza del West Side" a news article in the Spanish-language El Sol newspaper: "The West Side is located between the streets Stillwater, Broad Street until the West Main and the West Avenue, to the height of exit 6 of interstate highway 95."
- The Advocate, of Stamford, Connecticut, July 9, 2007, page A7, Stamford edition
- ^ [2] Web page (PDF file) report for the Regional Plan Association titled "Designing Healthy Communities: Stamford: A Healthy Community Initiative" section titled "West Side Neighborhood Physical Environment", subsection titled "A. Land Uses", page 9 (PDF page 15 of 22), accessed April 28, 2007
- ^ Montinat, Valerie, "Soup kitchen benefit aids 'poorest of the poor'", article in The Advocate of Stamford, May 4, 2007, page A13
- The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, "Food" section, July 18, 2007, pp C1, C2