Lituanica
avenue. Lituanica was the name of Darius and Girėnas' airplane in 1933.
Lithuanian Chicago in November 16, 1996
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1. Bridgeport
Lituanica
avenue. Lituanica was the name of Darius and Girėnas' airplane in 1933.
2.
St. George's church is the first
Lithuanian parish in Chicago in Bridgeport, 33rd and Auburn (now Lituanica).
Church was
built in
Neo-Gothic style, in 1896–1902, but demolished in 1993, just a SPRUCE TREE stands
in the place where it was.
This is how St. George's church was depicted in the local Lithuanian newspaper
Lietuva at the time of the opening of the church in 1902.
3.
So.
Halsted/ca.
35th.
4.
Lithuanian restaurant Healthy Food: So. Halsted/32nd.
5.
Food store on Lituanica Ave./33rd.
6. R. C. Lithuanian Church: Providence of God: 18th/ Dan Ryan Highway:
a)
b)
c)
d)
f)
g)
h)
7. Stockyards: Pershing/ So. Ashland:
a)
b)
2. Marquette Park
8. Holy Cross Hospital: Lithuanian Plaza (69th)/ So. California
a)
b)
9.
Lithuanian traditional wooden cross at the back of Holy Cross
Hospital (69th).
10. The Church of St. Mary by architect Jonas Mulokas: Lithuanian Plaza (69th)/So. California. Finished in 1957:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
11. Sisters of St. Casimir Convent on 67th St./So. Talman Ave. Congregation of the Sisters of St. Casimir was established in 1907 by Kazimiera Kaupas=Mother M. Mary:
a)
b)
c)
12.
Marija Kaupas Street: part of 67th Street.
13. 71st street, Lithuanian restaurants:
a)
Seklycia (still open),
b)
Neringa (now closed),
c)
Nida (delicatessen) (now closed).
14. Marquette Park streets:
a)
b)
15. Darius and Girenas monument: Marquette Rd. (67th)/So. California, in Marquette Park. Darius and Girenas flew over the Atlantic ocean from New York to Lithuania in 1933. Most probably they were shot down by Nazi Germans (they probably flew too close to a Nazi concentration camp), very close to the Lithuanian border:
a)
b)
c)
16. Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture: 65th St./ So. Pulaski Rd.:
a)
b)
c)
d)
17. The Jesuit Lithuanian Youth Center: 56th/Claremont. Some buildings were built in 1957 by architect J. Kovas, but the middle building and the square with memorial sculptures for fighters for freedom was built by Jonas Mulokas in 1971. Decorative wall is imitating one of the paintings of M. K. Čiurlionis. You can see the castle of Gediminas in Vilnius, a baroque arc on the wall. The cross is reminiscent of wooden constructions:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
cf. to Čiurlionis' prototype painting:
f)
g)
3. Brighton Park
18. Church of the Immaculate Conception, 1963: 44th/So. California:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
19. Immaculate Conception R. C. Lithuanian School: 44th/ So. Fairfield:
a)
b)
20.
Lithuanian
Sauliu [National Guard] Hall: 43rd/So. Western.
4. Daily Draugas
21. Daily newspaper Draugas (Friend): 4545 W. 63rd St. (near So. Cicero):
a)
b)
5. Morkunas' Printing House
22.
Morkunas'
Printing House:
59th/ (between So. California and So. Kedzie).
6. UIC Endowed Chair of Lithuanian studies: UIC UH1610.
7. Cicero Lithuanian church and school.
8. Lithuanian cultural center, school, museum in Lemont, IL.
9. Cemeteries: a) Lithuanian National, and b) St. Casimir.