Small town in a big city

Sunday, August 17, 2003

ST. LOUIS -- On a late weekday afternoon, the old men of The Hill gather at the upscale Italia-America Bocce Club, a center of life in what is arguably the last viable ethnic neighborhood in St. Louis.

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