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Strong ethnic flavor and warm community cooperation make Inman Square an urban anachronism, a reminder of an era when stickball ruled the streets and store owners spoke to customers in their native tongues...
...Inman Square is a real melting pot. You can tell just by the restaurants," says the bartender at the Shamrock Bar, who identifies herself only as Diane...
Diane says her bar is no longer frequented solely by Irish residents of Inman Square. Now, "we get a real mixture of Black, white and Hispanic," she says...
...diverse racial and ethnic mixture is not new to Inman. Until a decade ago, it was mostly European immigrants who populated the area...
...When Brazil won the World Cup, Inman went crazy," recalls Sandy Ruben, owner of yuppie toy store Sandy and Son's. "People were all over the streets, everybody was applauding and parading. The police were everywhere, but it was in a positive way. For weeks afterwards, every Sunday there would be parades of cars honking and people would wave Brazilian flags. It was really terrific...