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The seat of the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America along Archer avenue just northeast of its intersection with Pulaski (picture taken before remodeling project has begun) The Polish Highlanders Alliance of America ( pl. Związek Podhalan w Ameryce Północnej ) was founded in 1929 in Chicago as an organization that unites all other ...
A Goral with bagpipes from the region of Podhale in Poland. The Gorals (Polish: Górale; Goral ethnolect: Górole; Slovak: Gorali; Cieszyn Silesian: Gorole), also anglicized as the Highlanders (in Poland, as the Polish Highlanders, a subethnic group of the Polish nation) and historically also as Vlachs, [1] [dubious – discuss] are an ethnographic group primarily found in their traditional ...
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Additionally, the Góral diaspora has incorporated the norms and designs of the Zakopane Style of Architecture into homes, chapels and community buildings that serve their community, such as the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America in Chicago, or the chapel on the grounds of the Polish National Alliance's Youth Camp in Yorkville.
At Archer Avenue (approximately 50th Street), Pulaski passes by Curie Metro High School, named for another famous Pole as well as the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America nearby. The corner of 63rd and Pulaski is known for a giant Native American statue on top of a cigar store that has been converted into an optometrist.
The Poles in Chicago are felt in a large number of Polish-American organizations in the city such as the Polish Museum of America, the Polish American Association, the Polish National Alliance and the Polish Highlander's Alliance of North America.
Presently the village counts about 640 residences. A significant number of them emigrated to the United States and Canada. They became strong contributing members of new North American communities and also active members of the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America (Związek Podhalan w Ameryce Północnej) in Chicago and Toronto.