City Living

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• Appartamentu

  Apartment

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  Appartamentu

  /ahp-pahr-tah-MEN-too/

  Noun[Era 3]

  Apartment: five floors up, stairs only, with the smell of sauce on every landing. Small enough to hear every neighbor, big enough to hold a family of eleven. Home?

  "L’appartamentu è nicu, ma c’è postu pi tutti."

  "The apartment is small, but there’s room for everyone."

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• Elevàturi

  Elevator

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  Elevàturi

  /eh-leh-vah-TOO-ree/

  Noun[Era 3]

  Elevator: the small metal box that goes up when it wants and stops when it likes, packed with groceries, gossip and the occasional uncle. Waiting?

  "L’elevàturi è rottu, ammuntamu i scali."

  "The elevator is broken, we climb the stairs."

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• Lòbbbi

  Lobby

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  Lòbbbi

  /LOB-bee/

  Noun[Era 3]

  Lobby: the entrance where mail piles up, kids hide and every neighbor stops for ten minutes of how’s your mother. The living room of the building. Meeting someone?

  "Aspettamu nta lòbbbi."

  "Let’s wait in the lobby."

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• Sìdwalku

  Sidewalk

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  Sìdwalku

  /SEED-wahl-koo/

  Noun[Era 3]

  Sidewalk: the social network of the old neighborhood, with folding chairs, fresh air and the daily news from three generations. Where is everyone?

  "Tutti sunnu assittati nto sìdwalku."

  "Everyone is sitting on the sidewalk."

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• Bloccu

  Block

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  Bloccu

  /BLOK-koo/

  Noun[Era 3]

  Block: the little world inside a city, with its own bakery, its own politics and its own cousins. Your whole childhood fit inside one. Where did you grow up?

  "Criscivu nto stessu bloccu."

  "I grew up on the same block."

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• Skailàinu

  Skyline

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  Skailàinu

  /skah-ee-LAH-ee-noo/

  Noun[Era 3]

  Skyline: the great jagged line of towers that greeted your grandparents from the ship, a promise in steel and glass. It still takes your breath away. Seen it?

  "Talìa chi bellu skailàinu ntâ sira!"

  "Look what a beautiful skyline in the evening!"

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• Ghareggiu

  Garage

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  Ghareggiu

  /gah-REH-joo/

  Noun[Era 3]

  Garage: the second kitchen, the workshop and the wine cellar, with a car squeezed in somewhere. The sacred space of the uncles. What’s in there?

  "U vinu è nta ghareggiu."

  "The wine is in the garage."

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