A surviving stained glass sign for Lanza's restaurant is the topic of the latest Ephemeral New York post, which also contains a wonderful archival photo with signs galore from the very early 1940s:
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/an-east-village-restaurants-ghost-sign-is-a-relic-of-the-neighborhoods-italian-immigrant-past/
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An East Village restaurant’s ghost sign is a relic of the neighborhood’s Italian immigrant past
By the time Sicilian immigrant Michael Lanza founded his namesake restaurant in 1904, the location he chose on First Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets was shaping into a mini Little Italy. Acros…
"Si no vivís, es porque sos re gil": Reportaje revela cómo operan los lanzas o "canguros" de Buenos Aires - The Clinic Online
El noticieron Telenoche de Buenos Aires realizó un reportaje que revela cómo operan y qué piensan del mundo los llamados canguros (lanzas) de esa ciudad, que 'trabajan' en el barrio de la Estación Constitución. Al igual que en Chile se agrupan en mini mafias para sacarle lo que pueden a los 'que no son vivos'.
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