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Chicago's honorary brown street signs, days, and commemorative honors; the who, what, where, when and why. Honorary Chicago guide book, maps, biographies, history, trivia, tours, and gifts.
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Moniecka is a region in Poland.
Ziemia Moniecka Translation: “Land of Moniecka”
Approved: February 2017
Ward: 30
Alderman: Reboyas
Neighborhood: Polish Village, Avondale
Polish Daily News, May 9, 2017
Karl Lambrecht was a pioneering optics manufacturer. He founded the Crystal Optics company, later known as Karl Lambrecht Corp. During WWII he worked at Bell & Howell Co. making large lenses. He was self-taught and developed methods to produce high precision prisms , polarizers, and lenses which are used in research laboratories.
In 1975 he was awarded the Optical Society of America, David Richardson medal.
Neighborhood: Lincoln Square
b. Celle, Germany
d. 2001. age 97.
Near
Karl Lambrecht Corporation
4204 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Tribune, January 27, 2001 - Karl Lambrecht obituary
The Gorale are an ethnic group from the Carpathian mountain highlands of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Ukraine.
The Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America is located near Archer Avenue and Pulaski Avenue in Chicago and was founded in 1929.
Ward: 14
Alderman: Burke and Reboyras (30)
Neighborhood: Archer Heights
Alekos Kostantinov was a Bulgarian writer who came to Chicago during the 1893 Columbian Exhibition World Fair. His 1894 book "To Chicago and Back" was influential in attracting Bulgarian immigrants to Chicago and the resulting sizable Bulgarian community in Chicago.
His sign is located outside the First Bulgarian Center; where the Union of Bulgarian Writers hold it's meetings and is the common meeting place for Bulgarian writers living all over the world. Bulgarian Culture Center Chicago
The honorary sign was dedicated to mark the 120th anniversary of his death.
Approved: 2017
Ward: 45
Alderman: John Arena
Neighborhood: Avondale / Old Irving Park
In 2016 Mother Teresa of Calcutta became Saint Teresa when sainted by the Pope at the Vatican.
Saint 'Mother' Teresa Way is an Honorary Chicago street with signs along Devon Avenue and at the corner of Devon and California.