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Avondale and Chicago's Polish Village

Author: Jacob Kaplan, Dan Pogorzelski, Rob Reid, and Elisa Addlesperger

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 146711118X

Home to Chicago's Polish Village, impressive examples of architecture, and the legendary Olson Waterfall, Avondale is often called "the neighborhood that built Chicago." Images of America: Avondale and Chicago's Polish Village sheds light on the little known history of the community, including its fascinating industrial past. From its beginnings as a sleepy subdivision started by a Michigan senator, it became a cultural mecca for Chicago's Polish community, playing a crucial role in Poland's struggles for independence. Many people from all over the world also called Avondale home, such as Scottish proprietors, African American freedmen, Irish activists, Swedish shopkeepers, German tradesmen, Jewish merchants, Filipino laborers, and Italian entrepreneurs; a diversity further enriched as many from the former Soviet Bloc and Latin America settled here. Avondale would be unrecognizable today from its humble origins, but the strong sense of community these neighbors have will never change.

Why Avondale and what Now?

Author: Elana Beth Tenner

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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Avondale, a culturally and ethnically diverse area in Chicago with a rich history, has recently begin to feel the effects of the gentrification of its neighbor, Logan Square. Different groups and industries have moved up and down Milwaukee Avenue, and that is no different for the local art community in Chicago as well. Avondale currently faces the threat of change and displacement as it is located directly next to Logan Square, a neighborhood that has gone through almost a complete transformation. This means less affordable housing for lower-income families and individuals. It also means businesses, some of who have been open for several generations, would have to close due to rising and unaffordable rent. There are already established arts organizations and spaces in the community, some with a longer history than others, however if they do not work together to address the issues in their community, especially with the possibility of more development and economic inflation for rents, gentrification will be inevitable, increasing the risk of displacement and loss of culture. In an article from 2004, there was already skepticism about what would become of the culture in Avondale. "With two-thirds of the area's Polish population living in the suburbs and those suburbs rapidly becoming main entry points for new immigrants, neighborhoods like Avondale Polish Village may soon become a thing of the past." (Eng, Monica. Chicago Tribune;) This not only speaks of the Polish community, but the many other ethnic groups residing in Avondale, such as the Mexican and Puerto Rican communities. While the threats to Avondale's artistic and cultural history and future might be at best slowed, the displacement and the disappearance of those who are currently still there can and should be fought. This includes both the residents of the community as well as the businesses and organizations. How can new artists and spaces moving into these communities help the currently existing organizations, businesses and residents work together to prevent the negative effects on community of such as such as displacement due to rising residential and retail rent prices?

Chicago Food Crawls

Author: Soo Park

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-04-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1493037706

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The essential guide to eating your way through the Windy City. In Globe’s newest approach to food by city, Chicago Food Crawls will take the reader on a fun, tasty culinary tour. Discover the hidden gems and long-standing institutions of Chicago neighborhoods. Experience more than 13 crawls, each featuring 3-8 establishments, centered on a neighborhood or theme. Each tour is the complete recipe for a great night out, the perfect tourist day, a new way to experience your own city, or simply food porn and great stories to enjoy from home.

Local Flavor

Author: Jean Iversen

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0810136724

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The neighborhoods that make up Chicago’s rich cultural landscape have been defined by the restaurants that anchor them. In Local Flavor, the popular food writer Jean Iversen chronicles eight beloved local eateries, from Chinatown on the South Side to Rogers Park in the far North, tracing the story of how they became neighborhood institutions. Iversen has meticulously gathered the tales, recipes, and cultural traditions that define Chicago’s culinary past and present. Rich with firsthand accounts from local restaurateurs, their families, long-time customers, and staff, Local Flavor is a community-driven look at Chicago through a gastronomical lens. Including recipes for popular dishes from each restaurant that readers can try at home, Local Flavor weaves together ethnography, family, and food history into a story that will enthrall both food and Chicago history lovers.

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia

Author: Carol Haddix

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2017-08-16

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 025209977X

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The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--food history that not only helped build Chicago but fed a growing nation. Pizza. Alinea. Wrigley Spearmint. Soul food. Rick Bayless. Hot Dogs. Koreatown. Everest. All served up A-Z, and all part of the ultimate reference on Chicago and its food.

Poles in Illinois

Author: John Radzilowski

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press

Published: 2020-02-14

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0809337231

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Illinois boasts one of the most visible concentrations of Poles in the United States. Chicago is home to one of the largest Polish ethnic communities outside Poland itself. Yet no one has told the full story of our state’s large and varied Polish community—until now. Poles in Illinois is the first comprehensive history to trace the abundance and diversity of this ethnic group throughout the state from the 1800s to the present. Authors John Radzilowski and Ann Hetzel Gunkel look at family life among Polish immigrants, their role in the economic development of the state, the working conditions they experienced, and the development of their labor activism. Close-knit Polish American communities were often centered on parish churches but also focused on fraternal and social groups and cultural organizations. Polish Americans, including waves of political refugees during World War II and the Cold War, helped shape the history and culture of not only Chicago, the “capital” of Polish America, but also the rest of Illinois with their music, theater, literature, food. With forty-seven photographs and an ample number of extensive excerpts from first-person accounts and Polish newspaper articles, this captivating, highly readable book illustrates important and often overlooked stories of this ethnic group in Illinois and the changing nature of Polish ethnicity in the state over the past two hundred years. Illinoisans and Midwesterners celebrating their connections to Poland will treasure this rich and important part of the state’s history.

Polish Immigration to America: When, Where, Why and How

Author: Stephen Szabados

Publisher: Stephen Szabados

Published: 2016-08-27

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13:

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When did your Polish ancestors immigrate, where did they leave, why did they leave, how did they get here? Steve Szabados is a wonderful resource. He hopes you find the answer to some of these questions in this book. This book discusses the history of Poland and gives some insights into possible answers to the questions about your ancestors' immigration. All three Polish partitions are covered, and the material will hopefully clear up your confusion why your Polish ancestors listed that they were born in other countries on early U.S. documents. The book also presents brief histories of most of the ports that were used by Polish immigrants for departure from Europe and the ports where they arrived. Also covered are details of life in steerage during the voyage and the process of examination of the immigrants to gain admittance to the United States.

Chicago's Fabulous Fountains

Author: Greg Borzo

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2017-05-10

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0809335808

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Most people do not realize it, but Chicago is home to many diverse, artistic, fascinating, and architecturally and historically important fountains. In this attractive volume, Greg Borzo reveals more than one hundred outdoor public fountains of Chicago with noteworthy, amusing, or surprising stories about these gems. Complementing Borzo’s engagingly written text are around one hundred beautiful fine-art color photos of the fountains, taken by photographer Julia Thiel for this book, and a smaller number of historical photos. Greg Borzo begins by providing an overview of Chicago’s fountains and discussing the oldest ones, explaining who built them and why, how they survived as long as they have, and what they tell us about early Chicago. At the heart of the book are four thematic chapters on drinking fountains, iconic fountains, plaza fountains, and park and parkway fountains. Among the iconic fountains described are Buckingham (in Grant Park), Crown (in Millennium Park), Centennial (with its water cannon shooting over the Chicago River), and two fountains designed by famed sculptor Lorado Taft (Time and Great Lakes). Plazas all around Chicago—in the neighborhoods as well as downtown—have fountains that anchor communities or enhance the skyscrapers they adorn. Also presented are the fountains in Chicago’s parks, some designed by renowned artists and many often overlooked or taken for granted. A chapter on the self-proclaimed City of Fountains, Kansas City, Missouri, shows how Chicago’s city planners could raise public awareness and funding for the care and preservation of these important landmarks. Also covered are a brief period of fountain building and rehabbing (1997–2002) that vastly enriched the city; fountains that no longer exist; and proposed Chicago fountains that were never built, as well as the future of fountain design. A beautiful photography book and a guide to the city’s many fountains, Chicago’s Fabulous Fountains also provides fascinating histories and behind-the-scenes stories of these underappreciated artistic and architectural treasures of the Windy City.

Paczki Day

Author: Bob Dombrowski

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2019-12-19

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 164544063X

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This book is a mix of stories about growing up in Detroit, going to Catholic school, and the Polish people in the fifties and sixties. The author tried his best to present everything in this book accurately despite not having a research staff like the famous writers have. He only had himself, his computer, his memory, a big pile of books, and note cards that he painstakingly used to put this story together. As a fireman, one of the things the author learned was that it takes three things to make a fire: air, fuel, and heat. Remove one, and you can't have a fire. He believes that it takes three things to make everything. Similar to making fire, there are three things that it took to make this book: the city of Detroit, the Catholic Church, and Polish ancestry. If you have one or two or maybe all three of these things, you may like this story. So if your mom wore a babushka, if nostrovia is your toast, if you had a last name that kids made fun of, or if you grew up reading your catechism while looking at church steeples and smokestacks, maybe this book is for you. Bob Dombrowski also wrote, 38 Years: A Detroit Firefighter's Story.