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Much of 1950s Chicago Polish youth culture was captured in the 1972 musical Grease, in which the majority of characters had Polish surnames (Zuko, Dumbrowski, Kenickie); Jim Jacobs, who conceived Grease, based the musical on his real-life experiences in a Chicago high school. Much of the Polish-American nature of the musical was discarded when ...
Elżbieta "Izabela" Dorota Czartoryska (née Flemming; 3 March 1746 – 15 July 1835) was a Polish princess, writer, art collector, and prominent figure in the Polish Enlightenment. She was the wife of Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and a member of the influential Familia political party.
The Polish character of the neighborhood visibly predominated over others in the area, as there was an extensive network of Polish churches, businesses, cultural institutions and fraternal organizations. The following neighborhoods of Chicago were once a part of Polish Downtown: Pulaski Park, Chicago; River West, Chicago; Bucktown, Chicago
Szerszen in 1976. Connie Szerszen is an American female radio personality. Szerszen is a native Chicagoan of Polish ancestry. While she was talent coordinator at WCFL, Szerszen was discovered by air personality Penny Lane, [1] who called WCFL one day and soon talked Szerszen into auditioning as a disc jockey for WSDM-FM, "The Station With the Girls and All That Jazz--Smack Dab in the Middle".
The title "Princess of Poland" was never used. King’s daughter or royal daughter was called królewna. Princesses, in Polish księżniczka, ksiėżna were mainly used in Princely and ducal families of Poland. However, legitimate daughters of the kings and royals of Poland are also referred to and translates as Polish princesses in English ...
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St. Adalbert's in Chicago; St. Barbara Church (Chicago) St. Hedwig's Church (Chicago) St. John Cantius Church (Chicago) St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church (Chicago) St. Mary of Częstochowa (Cicero, Illinois) Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church (Chicago) St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Chicago) SS. Cyril and Methodius in Lemont; Casey ...
Polonia Triangle (Polish: Trójkąt Polonijny), or the Polish Triangle, is a plaza located in West Town, in what had been the historical Polish Downtown area of Chicago. A single-tiered fountain made of black iron with a bowl about nine feet in diameter is installed at its center.