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With a history of Polish migration dating back to the 1830s – and more than one million people of Polish descent in its metropolitan area today – Chicago is the traditional capital of the Polish diaspora in the United States. Culture.pl takes a look at the long history of the Windy City’s Polish community and the impact Poles have made there.
By the late ’50s and early ’60s, prosperous Polish communities started to move to the Chicago suburbs. By the early 2000s, Polish-Chicagoans would number fewer than 200,000 in the city proper, though that number balloons to 1.9 million when Poles in nearby suburbs are included. Today, the Polish community has been surpassed by Chicagoans ...
Nov 18, 2019 · Chicago has had a long and fruitful relationship with Poland and with what might be better called the Polish lands. Poles appeared in the frontier settlement of Chicago as early as the 1830s. The formative migration, however, began some twenty years later and culminated with the creation of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in 1867.
Chicago ‘L’. Chicagowska kolej metropolitalna ( ang. Chicago Transit Authority w skr. CTA) – składa się z ośmiu linii o łącznej długości 170,6 kilometrów, w tym: 19,5 km jako kolej podziemna (metro właściwe). Pierwsza linia (zielona) została otwarta w 1892.
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Area and Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, containing the City of Chicago along with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km 2 ), the metropolitan area includes the city of ...
- 10,856 sq mi (28,120 km²)
- United States
Chicago’s Polish heritage. Chicago’s Polish community began forming around the 1850s, when large waves of immigrants began migrating to the area. These immigrants settled all over the city, forming Polish neighborhoods in several different areas. Many gathered on the city’s west side, in an area that would become known as “Old Polonia”.
Oct 15, 2022 · 5 najstarszych linii metra na świecie. Kolejne po Londynie metro powstało prawie 30 lat później w Chicago. London Underground (Londyn, Wielka Brytania) – 1863 rok. Chicago „L" (Chicago, USA) – 1892 rok. Budapest Metro (Budapeszt, Austro-Wegry) – 1896 rok. Glasgow Subway (Glasgow, Wielka Brytania) – 1896 rok.
