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La Ruota della Fortuna, Niki de Sainte Phalle's take on an Italian Garden

(18 06 2009) Laura E. Ruberto

Looking at the undercurrents of Italian migrant identity in Niki de Sainte Phalle’s Giardino dei Tarocchi.

The Garden of Earthly Delights in Fresno

(27 05 2008) Joey Skee

A Brief Visit to California’s Subterranean Marvel, Baldassare Forestiere’s “Underground Gardens.”

Holy Land USA, a Religious Vision in Ruins

(02 05 2008) Joey Skee

During the 1960s and 1970s, 40,000 people visited Waterbury, CT annually to pray at Holy Land USA, a Catholic theme park created by John Greco. Now it lies in ruins.

Italian Americana, California Style

(10 04 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

Driving for hours takes us to three California Italian American vernacular sites -- from urban LA to rural NorCal with a stop along the freeway in the Central Valley.

Gino Vitale, Brooklyn developer and shrine builder.

(30 03 2008) Joey Skee

Brooklyn developer Gino Vitale adapts the centuries old edicole sacre (devotional shrines) to his newly constructed buildings.

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