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Dill's Tavern

Top Hill Grill

Talty's

Daren's Tavern

Scharf's Schiller Park

Pristach's

G&T Inn

Gene McCarthy's

Ulrich's Tavern

Artys Grill

Dick's Eastside Inn

East End Tavern

Sportsman Tavern

The Malamute

Taverns of Polonia 1910

Dalys

Eddie Brady's Bar

Ten-O-Won Grill

Classic Taverns-Travels

The Concertina Bar

Mels Bar

Club 505

Steve's Lounge

Classic Taverns-Last Call

Felong's Tavern

Billy O's Golden Swan

Big Joe Dudzick's Tavern

The Broadway Grill

Bramer's Grill

Concord Restaurant

Messner's Aero Bar

Ray Flynn's

Kutas Warsaw Inn

McBride's Pub

Strusienski's Restaurant

Private & Ethnic Clubs

Adam Mickiewicz Library

American Serbian Club

Corpus Christi AC

Croatian "Cro" Club

Dnipro Ukrainian Center

Dom Polski - N Tonawanda

Eldredge Bicycle Club

Polish Cadets

St. Stan's Athletic Club

Third Warders Club

Ukrainian-American Center

FBTV Video

Historic Polonia District

Central Terminal

Polish Home Museum Project

Broadway Market

St. Stanislaus Church

Corpus Christi Church

St. Adalbert's Basilica

Superman Corner

Polonia Views

Eckhardt Department Store

Polish Union of America

PPS Broadway Mkt Report

Polskie Kolo Spiewackie

Lucki Urban

Buffalo's Polonia History

A Polka Moment In Time

Vintage Polka Posters

Pulaski Parade 1962

Pulaski Parade 2006

Pulaski Parade 2008

Broadway Fillmore

Polonia Stories

1910 Maps of Polonia Buffalo

Buffalo Polonia - 1910

Preserve a Polish Home

Kaminski Meats

Polonia Scrapbook

Polonia On Parade

1965 Polka Convention

Polish Paintings

Power To Polonia

Beer Murals Nielsen

Forgotten Bflo Features

Kids & Wigilia Traditions

The Simon Pure Brewery

Lost Bflo Train Stations

New York Central at War

Pennsylvania RR at War

Talkin' Proud!

Buffalo Union Station

Bayliss-Oshei Residence

Niagara Falls Steak Sub

Buffalo Heights

The Statler Hilton

Metro Rail 1973

Bflo Before & After

Retro Chip Collection

Melody Fair - N Tonawanda

Buffalo Courier Express

History in Your Pocket

Corner Store Experience

The Fair

Most Endangered Sites

Re-Light the Rand

Pierogi @ St. Nick's

Whammy Weenie

Skateland - East Ferry

Jimmy Griffin 1929-2008

Jack Kemp 1936-2009

Sattler Theater

Masonic Lodge #846

Broadway Grill Reunion

Vintage Xmas Cards

Bocce Club- Clinton St.

Smiling Ted's

Buffalo Snow

Edsbyn, Sweden

Buffalo Drive-In

Buffalo 1969

Ray Bennett Lumber Co.

Ray H. Bennett Home

Ultra Cool: 70s Buffalo

Buffalo Bowling Shirts

Great Northern Elevator

Pullman / Wagner Complex

Pierogi Capital of US

North Park Theater

Zywiec Brewery

Buffalo Beer Trays

1964 Campaign For Pres

Heritage Discover Ctr

Tale of Two Roundhouses

Brand Names Catalog

Trolley Lobby BCT

Mentholatum, Hyde, Smythe

Chez Ami 311 Delaware Ave

Schreiber Brewery

Forgotten Buffalo Sounds

Sounds of Buffalo Beer

Sounds of Buffalo

Sounds of the Hound

Utica Club Beer Song

Forgotten Buffalo-Lost

Gramza's Cigar Store

Burczynski Bakery

St. Gerard's Parish

The Polish Village

Rudas Record Store

Tondrowski's Shoe Store

The DL&W Terminal

Buffalo Gas Works

S.S. Aquarama/Marine Star

Aquarama - Final Chapter

Sattlers 998

Rivoli Theater - Broadway

H-O Elevator

Riverside Men's Shop

Mastman's Kosher Deli

Crystal Beach

Department Stores

CLASSIC PHOTOS

Bevador/Beerador Coolers

Parkside Candies

Buffalo's Last Roundhouse

Wildroot Factory

Buffalo Stockyards

Chicago Iron Works

Spolka Clothing

Forgotten Ontario

Tim Hortons #1

TH&B Train Station

Ivor Wynne Stadium

Canadian National Station

Minojijikum Island 1076

Forgotten Rochester

Retro Wegmans

Polonia Rochester

Spittoon Water Troughs

Forgotten Buffalo & Genny

Genesee Brewery Tour

Forgotten Bflo Roadtrips

Perreca's Bakery

F.X. Matts - Utica Club

Forgotten Buffalo-Media

Ch. 2: WGR & WGRZ-TV

Rocketship7

Commander Tom Show

Dialing for Dollars

Ed Tucholka

Polonia Media

Greg Chwojdak, WXRL

Tour of Bflo Broadcasting

WKBW Radio

WKBW Top 40 Celebration

KB Goes Kaboom! WKBW

1430 Main St - WKBW RADIO

A Thing of the Past 2006

WKBW's Tommy Shannon

George Hound Dog Lorenz

1420 Main St - WKBW TV

Forgotten Bflo Orchestra

R & L Lounge, 23 Mills St

Union Stock Yards Bank

The Think Bank

The Natural Tour

Preservation Corridors

Broadway

Fillmore Avenue

Lombard Gibson Mktplace

Project Paderewski

Forgotten Buffalo News

Despensata Corporation

Marketplace Kitchen

Buffalo Broadcasting

POLONIA ROCHESTER


Historic Rochester Polonia by Tom Kiseleski
Poles first began to settle in the Hudson Avenue neighborhood of Rochester, New York in the 1880's. The first St. Stanislaus Church wooden structure was built in 1890. The second more grandiose brick structure was completed in 1909. St. Casimir's, a Polish National Catholic Church, was built in 1908. A large number of homes, shops, and businesses sprung up nearby as many Poles moved into the area. Soon there were groceries, hardware stores, barbers, saloons, a Dom Polski, a bowling alley, a library, a Polish Falcons Hall, a movie theater, and doctors' offices all along Hudson catering to the Polish residents.
My Dad grew up in the Hudson Avenue "Polish Town" neighborhood and we would make trips there to visit my grandparents and attend weddings and funerals at St. Stanislaus Church. Attending wakes at Felerski's Funeral Home meant going across the street with my sisters and cousins to Andy Sykut's candy store for ice cream. Hudson Avenue was still a bustling Polish community in the 1960's. However in the 1970's and 1980's the neighborhood underwent a transformation as many of the Poles left the Hudson Avenue area for the Rochester suburbs. Today, many of the former Polish institutions have been put to use by the neighborhood's current African American and Hispanic residents. However a small number of Polish residents and businesses still make their home in Rochester's "Polish Town." A major restoration of St. Stanislaus was completed in 2004.
Though no longer centralized along Hudson Avenue, Rochester Polonia is a vibrant community with many organizations, such as the Polish Heritage Society of Rochester, sponsoring events and activities throughout the year.
The Polish Heritage Society of Rochester:
http://www.polishheritagerochester.org/
St. Casimir's Polish National Catholic Cemetery
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymonroe/cem/casimir.htm
The Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies -
University of Rochester
http://www.rochester.edu/College/PSC/CPCES/

Typical Polish Flat in Rochester
Former Green's Tavern, now Hancock's Hudson Tavern, 1034 Hudson
Former Andy's Candies
European Meats & Deli and Rochester Polish FCU
Pulaski and Hudson Sts.
Felerski's Funeral Home
Former Dom Polski
Four Brother's Tavern, 1008 Hudson Street
Echo Singing Society Building
Polish National Catholic Cemetary, Hudson Ave.
Polish National Home
Polska Chata Deli
Pulaski Library Branch, 1151 Hudson
Looking north on Hudson Ave.
Pulaski Park
Sobieski & North Sts.
Polish American Citizens of Rochester Club
Pulaski American Legion Post
St. Stanislaus Rochester
St. Casimir's PRC, Simpon Road
St. Stan's original building cornerstone
St. Theresa's RC Church
St. Stanislaus Church
St. Casimir's Polish National Church - Ernst Street.
Former Wojtczak's Bakery
St. Stan's Church and School campus

Current Polonia-Rochester Sites (2005)

St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church
34 St. Stanislaus Street.

St. Casimir’s Polish National Church
500 Simpson Road

European Meat Products and Deli
1325 Hudson Avenue

Polska Chata Deli
1965 East Ridge Road

Polish American Citizens Club of Rochester
385 Weaver Street

Andy’s Candies
1100 Hudson Avenue

Rochester Polish Federal Credit Union
1325 Hudson Avenue

Pulaski Park

Bordering Avenue D and North, Gothic, and Carter Streets 

Felerski’s Funeral Home
1005 Hudson Avenue

General Casimir Pulaski Plaque
Monroe County Hall of Justice


Former Polonia-Rochetser Sites

Echo Singing Society Building

26 Sobieski Street

Currently the Ukrainian Christian Pentecostal Church 

Polish Falcons Hall
284 Weyl Street

Currently the Pentecostal Power of Deliverance Church 

Rochester Public Library - Pulaski Branch
Hudson Avenue
and Norton Street

Currently unoccupied 

Dom Polski
818 Hudson Avenue

Currently Optical Gaging Products 

Wojtczak's Bakery
990 Hudson Avenue

Currently unoccupied 

Polish National Home
972 Hudson Avenue

Currently Emmanuel Church of Jesus 

St. Theresa’s Roman Catholic Church
8 Mark Street 
Currently St. Bridget's Roman Catholic Church

St. Casimir’s Polish National Catholic Church

8 Ernst Street

Currently First Spanish Christian Church

 

Pulaski American Legion Post

1101 Norton Street

Currently Grace Community Church 


HUDSON AVE. 1950

969 Hudson- Polish Everybody's Daily Newspaper
1004 Hudson- Orlowski Meats
1008 Hudson - Four Brothers Tavern - Still in operation but I can't believe
this is still a Polish American hangout given the neighborhood
demographics.
1053 Hudson - Michalski Post, American Legion
1065 Hudson - Polish American Restaurant
1068 Hudson Brodie's Meats
1129 Hudson Zamiara Meats


Current Polonia Rochester Organizations/Resources

Polish Falcons Nest 52
Meets at Ira Jacobsen American Legion Post
90 St. John Place

Polish National Alliance
Lodge 512
Meets at St. Stanislaus Church
34 St. Stanislaus Street

Polish Heritage Society of Rochester
Meets at St. Casimir's
500 Simpson Road

Krakow-Rochester Sister Cities Committee

Polish Scouting Organization
Meets at St. Stanislaus Church

Polonia Civic Centre
Meets at St. Stanislaus Church

Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies
University of Rochester

Polka Bandstand Show
WGMC 90.1 FM
Greece, New York
Saturdays, 10-Noon
Hosted by Ray Serafin and Al Meilutis
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