The Historian · Nora · Chicago
Pilsen (18th Street)
Two immigrant waves in one name. Czechs called it Pilsen; Mexican Chicago made it home and painted its history on the walls.
A neighborhood named for a Bohemian city, settled by Czechs, now the heart of Mexican Chicago — read in murals.
— Nora, The Historian
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