New Bozzani Motors, From Motorized Bike Sales As Well As Service, As Well As Assemblers Of Knocked Downwards Vehicles That Were Shipped To The W Coast Inwards Crates On The Railroads, To Owners Of Motorcar Dealerships

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Bozzani Motors started around 105 years agone amongst humble beginnings.

The Bozzani brothers came from Italy, in addition to opened upwardly a motorized bicycle store inward downtown LA inward 1911.

Brothers Amerigo, Joe, in addition to Carlo Bozzani in addition to thence opened a showroom selling Overland in addition to Willys-Knight automobiles on North Broadway inward the pump of Little Italy. The dealership sold 2,200 automobiles inward 1928 alone.

Brother Amerigo Bozzani would later on drib dead a California Highway Commissioner who oversaw the structure of the state’s initiative of all freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

Since in addition to thence they convey had diverse franchises until around WWII.

Bob Bozzani in addition to thence opened upwardly store inward Monrovia amongst VW inward 1957. In 1995, his boy Greg operates that VW dealership inward Covina

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Los Angeles' Little Italy developed inward the 19th century when Italians began migrating to California inward pregnant numbers. Their community centered around the northern side of downtown, correct nigh where Olvera Street meets Chinatown today.

“It was all Italians inward the area," said Bob Bozzani, 86, who withal lives inward Pasadena. “They had an Italian bakery store for pastries, in addition to they’d convey an Italian house that made sausages. There was a meat shop, a gain shop. There were nigh 4 Italian bakeries inward that area.”

For Bozzani's immigrant parents, Little Italy was the quondam neighborhood. His mom, who arrived inward the U.S.A. inward 1903, grew upwardly there. His begetter in addition to uncle arrived inward 1909 in addition to started their initiative of all business, a bicycle shop, inward Little Italy.

The state of war was a major argue why L.A.’s Little Italy ceased to be, Gatto said. Some Italian immigrants were displaced or interned inward relocation camps yesteryear the U.S.A. Others felt the sting of discrimination because of their roots inward a province that opposed the Allied forces.

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