This is PART 1 of an oral history of the “South Village” in the late 1970’s. This enclave is in between Little Italy and SoHo and is one of, if not the oldest, Italian enclave in the country. These people explain their love of their neighborhood and they would never leave. The neighborhood’s feast of Saint Anthony held at Saint Anthony’s Italian National parish on Sullivan Street was a focal point of this piece which we will showcase in further reels. The authenticity of these people is somethin