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From tastes of home and places of worships to butterfly sanctuaries and social service centers, discover the breadth Chicago’s past and present as a city of immigrants.
6500 S Pulaski Rd (65 St. & S. Pulaski Rd..), Chicago, IL
History Museum · West Lawn · 4 tips and reviews
Chicago Cultural Alliance: A repository of Lithuanian Culture - from pre-historic amber, to medieval armor, to present-day art and film - the museum is a must-see on any tour in Chicago
Chicago Cultural Alliance: Visit Racine Bakery and Delicatessen and taste Lithuanian delicacies such as kugelis, Lithuanian bread, bacon buns, herrings, sausages, and sweets.
Chicago Cultural Alliance: Cultural center in Chicago for hometown clubs from the Mexican state of Michoacán, it provides education and social services open to everyone.
Chicago Cultural Alliance: This garden, a sanctuary for Monarch Butterflies migrating from Michoacan to Canada, celebrates the Monarch as a symbol of peace and freedom across borders.
238 W 23rd St (btw Wentworth & Princeton), Chicago, IL
History Museum · Chinatown · 5 tips and reviews
Chicago Cultural Alliance: Built in 1896, it was considered one of the tallest in the area at that time. The museum is now the repository for the history of Chinese immigration in the Midwest.
Non-Profit Organization · Chinatown · 3 tips and reviews
Chicago Cultural Alliance: Visit the Chinatown’s only Chicago Landmark. Built in 1928, it used to be a courthouse to settle grievances and conflicts within the community.
Chicago Cultural Alliance: See the 16ft actual section of the Berlin Wall inside the Western Brown Line stop. Installed in 2008, 19 years after the wall came down
1616 N Wells St (btwn Concord Ln & North Ave), Chicago, IL
Comedy Club · Old Town Triangle · 150 tips and reviews
Chicago Cultural Alliance: The facade is a 4 terra cotta busts from the original Shiller Theater depicting famous German figures: Giacomo Meyerbeer, Fritz Reuter, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Chicago Cultural Alliance: Learn about the Greek immigrant experience firsthand through NHM’s oral history interviews in the Oral History Center on the third floor.
Chicago Cultural Alliance: In 1921, Greek immigrant Peter George Poulos founded Margie's Candies, part of the rich tradition of Greek-owned sweet shops, which serves candy & ice cream to Chicago’s sweet toothes.
Chicago Cultural Alliance: Annunciation, and the Greek Orthodox Church, has played a vital role in the Greek American community, providing a place of faith, worship, culture, & education.