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Lincoln Village Is a Slice of Polish History
There’s no neighborhood like it, with a history that goes back to the 19th century.
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Lincoln Village is a great historic neighborhood! It’s also well-served by transit – it would be great to have the bus lines in this series of articles in addition to car parking info.
Thanks for the lovely tour of my old neighborhood. I spent my first five years living, at various times, in the lower and then the upper of a Polish flat on 11th Street my parents rented just two doors north of Holy Name National Polish Catholic Church. My mother worked as a seamstress across the street in a bridal salon on the corner of 11th and Hayes Avenue. I recall the “Rag Man” with his horse drawn cart traveling through our alley calling, “Ah Rags, Ah Rags.” The Natatorium was across the alley on Hayes as well.
Of course I was taken to Kozy Park on many occasions to admire the statue and walk around the lagoon. There was also a lovely little statue of a girl surrounded by benches in a small copse that we frequented. I remember we could “borrow” toys from the old community center off of 10th Street.
I also remember being taken via coaster wagon up to Lincoln Avenue to watch the Polish Constitution Day Parade one May.
Thanks for the tour.