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[12] Victoria Granacki in Polish Downtown wrote, "Nearly all Polish undertakings of any consequence in the U.S. during that time either started or were directed from this part of Chicago's near northwest side". [8] Polish Downtown, particularly Pulaski Park, served as Chicago Congressman Dan Rostenkowski's base of operations. [13] The family ...
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.
Broadway–Slavic Village is a neighborhood on the Southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio. One of the city's oldest neighborhoods, it originated as the township of Newburgh, first settled in 1799. [4] [5] Much of the area has historically served as home to Cleveland's original Czech and Polish immigrants.
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 ...
U.S. cities and communities with large Polish American populations are largely concentrated in the Upper Midwestern United States, Chicago metropolitan area and the New York metropolitan area, with Wisconsin accounting for the largest number of communities with large Polish populations.
By, 2014 this fan favorite restaurant, won the James Beard “American Classics” Award, which is a prestigious award for quality restaurant and food establishments. This restaurant has fed many famous hungry travelers: Bobby Flay, President Bill Clinton, Jimmy Fallon, Lech Walesa, Ursula Andress, and many others.
The Polish Boy, “the signature sandwich of Cleveland”, [55] is a kielbasa sausage topped with coleslaw, French fries, and barbecue sauce and served on a bun. [56] [57] Cleveland native and chef Michael Symon talked about the Polish Boy on the Food Network show “The best thing I ever ate”. [58] Clambakes are very popular in Northeast Ohio.
It was the largest shopping district out of Cleveland's downtown, [86] and with 90,000 residents in the area North Broadway was the second-largest Czech community in the United States (only Chicago was larger). [87] The Czech and other Slavic communities in the area had had a "profound effect on the development of Cleveland". [88]