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*Annowo – The area around St.Anns in Chicago
*Romanowo – The area around St. Roman's
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*Wojciechowo – The area around [[St. Adalbert's in Chicago]]
*Wojciechowo – The area around [[St. Adalbert's in Chicago]]
*Annowo – The area ar[[File:Example.jpg]]ound St.Anns in Chicago
*Annowo – The area around St. Anns in Chicago
*Romanowo – The area around St. Roman's
*Romanowo – The area around St. Roman's
*Kazimierzowo – The area around the former St. Casimir's
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*Magdalenowo – The area around St. Mary Magdalene
*Magdalenowo – The area around St. Mary Magdalene
*Bronislawowo – The area around St. Bronislava
*Bronislawowo – The area around St. Bronislava

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==The Polish presence in Chicago today==
==The Polish presence in Chicago today==

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The Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park is the seat of the Copernicus Foundation. The theater's Baroque spire is a replica of the Royal Castle in Warsaw

Chicago Polonia, refers to both immigrant Poles and Americans of Polish heritage living in Chicago, Illinois. They are a part of worldwide Polonia, the proper term for the Polish Diaspora outside of Poland. Poles in Chicago have contributed to the economic, social and cultural well-being of Chicago from its very beginning. Poles have been a part of the history of Chicago since 1837, when Captain John Napieralski, along with other veterans of the November Uprising first set foot there.[1] As of the 2000 U.S. census, Poles in Chicago are the largest European American ethnic group in the city, making up 7.3% of the total population.[2][3] However, according to the 2006–2008 American Community Survey, German Americans and Irish Americans had slightly surpassed Polish Americans as the largest European American ethnic groups in Chicago. German Americans made up 7.3% of the population, and numbered at 199,789; Irish Americans also made up 7.3% of the population, and numbered at 199,294. Polish Americans now made up 6.7% of Chicago's population, and numbered at 182,064.[4]

History

number of Poles contributed to the history of the city together with Captain Napieralski, a veteran of Cross Mountain during the November Uprising. Along with him came other early Polish settlers such as Major Louis Chlopicki, the nephew of General Józef Chłopicki who had been the leader of the same insurrection. Not to mention certain A. Panakaske (Panakaski) who resided in the second ward in the 1830s as well as J. Zoliski who lived in the sixth ward with records of both men having cast their ballots for William B. Ogden in the 1837 mayoral race in Chicago.[1]

Original historical Polish patches

St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church, one of Chicago's 'Polish Cathedrals'.

Polish Downtown Holy Trinity Polish Mission

Lower West Side

  • Wojciechowo – The area around St. Adalbert's in Chicago
  • Annowo – The area around St.Anns in Chicago
  • Romanowo – The area around St. Roman's
  • Kazimierzowo – The area around the former St. Casimir's

Bridgeport

Back of the Yards

  • Jozefowo – The area around St. Joseph's in Chicago
  • Janowo – The area around St. John of God
  • Sercanowo – The area around Sacred Heart

South Chicago 

St. John Cantius in Chicago|St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church]], one of Chicago's 'Polish Cathedrals'. ]]

Polish Downtown hi my name mousei go to beathany lutheran school i am very ugly and i look like someone took a crap on me i am pale and very and i smell like poo *Trojcowo – The area around Holy Trinity Polish Mission

Lower West Side

  • Wojciechowo – The area around St. Adalbert's in Chicago
  • Annowo – The area around St. Anns in Chicago
  • Romanowo – The area around St. Roman's
  • Kazimierzowo – The area around the former St. Casimir's

Bridgeport

Back of the Yards

  • Jozefowo – The area around St. Joseph's in Chicago
  • Janowo – The area around St. John of God
  • Sercanowo – The area around Sacred Heart

South Chicago

The Polish presence in Chicago today

A Polish store along Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.

Chicago bills itself as the largest Polish city outside of Poland with approximately 1,100,000 people of Polish ethnicity in the Chicago metropolitan area, although some maintain that after Poland's entry into the EU, London, England is now likely to have more than double this.[5] Chicago's Polish presence is felt in the large number of Polish American organizations located there; including the Polish Museum of America, the Polish American Association, the Polish National Alliance and the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America. A column fragment of Wawel Castle, the onetime seat of Poland's Royalty has been incorporated into Chicago's landmark Tribune Tower as a visual tribute to Chicago's large Polish populace.

Chicago also has a thriving Polish cultural scene. The city hosts the Polish Film Festival of America where various Polish films are screened during the weeklong festival every October. Polish stage productions in both Polish and English are regularly staged at numerous venues throughout the Chicago Metropolitan Area. The most prominent venues among these are the Chopin and Gateway Theatres. The Gateway, which is also the seat of the Polish Cultural Center in Chicago is the home of the Paderewski Symphony Orchestra. The Lira Ensemble, the only professional performing arts company outside of Poland that specializes in Polish music, song, and dance is Artist-in-Residence at Loyola University Chicago.

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, Hadassah Lieberman, Congresswoman Melissa Bean, and Tipper Gore.[6] Illinois is also one of the few states that celebrates Casimir Pulaski Day due to the influence of this large population.

The Almanac of American Politics 2004 states that "Even today, in Archer Heights [a neighborhood of Chicago], you can scarcely go a block without hearing someone speaking Polish".

Poglish

Some of Chicago Polonia (the Polish term for members of the expatriate Polish community) speak Poglish (usually referred to as Chicagowski by local Poles) a fusion of the "Polish" and "English languages. Poglish is a common (to greater or lesser degree, almost unavoidable) phenomenon among persons bilingual in Polish and English, and its avoidance requires considerable effort and attention. Poglish is a manifestation of a broader phenomenon, that of language interference.

The most common phenomenon is the Polonization of English words. Instead of saying (in English), "A cop gave me a ticket on the highway," or (in standard Polish), "Policjant dał mi mandat na autostradzie," a Polonian might say (in Poglish), "Kapy dały mi tiketa na hajłeju." Anyone attempting to speak this kind of Polish-English melange in Poland would have difficulty making himself understood.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Parot, Joseph, J. "Polish Catholics in Chicago, 1850–1920, Northwestern University Press (1981), p. 19
  2. ^ Parot, Joseph, J. "Polish Catholics in Chicago, 1850-1920, Northwestern University Press (1981), p. 18
  3. ^ "Chicago city, Illinois - Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. 2000-04-01. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  4. ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1714000&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR2&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on
  5. ^ Paral, Rob (2004). "The Polish Community in Metro Chicago: A Community Profile of Strengths and Needs, A Census 2000 Report" (PDF). RobParal.com. Polish American Association. p. 18. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ^ America the diverse - Chicago’s Polish neighborhoods (5/15/2005)USA Weekend Magazine.

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