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While Polish Downtown is no longer the center of Chicago's Polish Community, its legacy is present in the businesses, restaurants, and historic buildings. Numerous prominent Polish-American cultural and civic institutions continue, from the Polish Museum of America to the Chopin Theatre and the Society for Arts .
Asiatown, also spelled AsiaTown and formerly known as Chinatown, is a Chinatown located in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Chinese people, brought to the country as railroad workers, established the area in the 1860s. The area became known as Chinatown in the 1920s, and was then centered at Rockwell Avenue and E. 22nd Street.
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.
Chicago – A section of city nicknamed "Little Iraq", Chicago has the largest Iraqi community in the USA. Little Arabia in the city's Northwest side, for example, has many Arab-Americans. [299] Devon Avenue (Chicago) also has Arabs, Iranians and South Asians such as Pashtun Americans. Cleveland, Ohio – west side. [300]
Over its history, the restaurant expanded to include three dining rooms and remained in the Sokolowski family through three generations. [5] Sokolowski's University Inn operated in a modified cafeteria style serving Polish and Eastern European specialties such as pierogis, chicken paprikash, and stuffed cabbage.
The following cities and municipalities are among those that have 10,000 or more residents who are of Polish ancestry (in descending order by Polish population): New York City, New York - 213,447 (2.7%). [1] Chicago, Illinois - 210,421 (7.3%). [2] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 65,508 (4.3%). [3] Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 57,485 (9.6%). [4]
Chinatown, Cleveland were two distinctly named places: Old Chinatown, Cleveland (Rockwell Avenue Chinatown), defunct since 2006, which sits west of Interstate 90 St. Clair-Superior , known as "Chinatown Cleveland" prior to 2006, now known as "AsiaTown", which sits east of Interstate 90
The Krause Music Store in Lincoln Square 26th Street in Little Village A woodblock print (1925) of Maxwell Street by Todros Geller A Portage Park two-flat, or Polish flat, in Chicago's Bungalow Belt Wacławowo is derived from the Polish name for the church of St. Wenceslaus. Photographer Richard Nickel was married here in 1950.