Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Most of Chicago's Góral community is concentrated on Chicago's Southwest Side along Archer Avenue where the headquarters, also known as the "Highlander Home" ("Dom Podhalan" in Polish) is located. The Highlander House is styled as a Carpathian chalet in the traditional Zakopane Style of Architecture.
The Polish Museum of America in the PRCUA building designed by John S. Flizikowski is in the old Polish Downtown. Polish Downtown was Chicago's oldest and most prominent Polish settlement. Polish Downtown was the political, cultural and social capital of Poles in Chicago and of other Polish Americans throughout North America. [1]
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.
Chicago is also host to several Polish folk dances ensembles that teach traditions to Polish-American children. Chicago celebrates its Polish Heritage every Labor Day weekend at the Taste of Polonia Festival in Jefferson Park, attended by such political notables as President George H. W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Hadassah Lieberman ...
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.
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
The Polish Museum of America is located within the headquarters of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America.Designed by John S. Flizikowski, a notable Polish-American architect, construction began on the building in July 1912.