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Česká spořitelna (literally "Czech Savings Bank") is a Czech bank, headquartered in Prague.Despite being organized as a joint-stock bank, it is the heir to a long history of savings banks in the Czech Republic, going back to the establishment of Böhmische Sparkasse in 1825.
The Catalog House was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 17, 2000. [ 7 ] In later years, Montgomery Ward and Company added several warehouses and parking structures, followed by a 26-story office building in 1972, designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki , who also designed the former World Trade Center towers in New York City .
Soon after the establishment of the Second Polish Republic, a consulate was opened in Chicago on June 1, 1920, with Zygmunt Nowicki [] being the first consul. After the United States recognized the Provisional Government of National Unity (later becoming the communist Polish People's Republic) over the Polish government-in-exile in 1945, the previous representatives refused to hand over the ...
Pulaski Road (/ p ə ˈ l æ s k iː /) is a major north-south street in the city of Chicago, at 4000 W., or exactly five miles west of State Street.It is named after Polish hero of the American Revolutionary War, Casimir Pulaski.
Belmont Avenue (3200 N) is a major east–west street in Chicago and several of its suburbs. It begins in the east near Belmont Harbor and is a key commercial street in Lakeview . West of the North Branch of the Chicago River , it passes through Avondale and further west anchors the Belmont-Central shopping district straddling the Belmont ...
Its original tenant and namesake was the Trustees System Service, a bank that specialized in consumer loans. Architects Thielbar and Fugard designed the building in the Art Deco style. The building's design consists of a twenty-story main building topped by an eight-story tower and a ziggurat .
The interior is modeled after the papal basilica of San Paolo fuori le mura (built between 386 AD and ca. 450, burned 1823 and rebuilt 1825-1854) and closely resembles several other churches designed by Schlacks including the St. Mary of the Lake in Chicago (1913-1917. Not to be confused with the seminary of the same name), Resurrection in ...
St. Mary of Częstochowa in Cicero (Polish: Kościół Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej) is an historic church of the Archdiocese of Chicago located in Cicero, Illinois.. It is a prime example of the Polish Cathedral style of churches in both its opulence and grand scale.