Significant Sites

GUZIK’S MARKET ON THE CORNER OF WAGNER & CECIL IN DETROIT’S WEST SIDE POLONIA:  A HANG-OUT FOR ST. ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Reading the last two issues of the WSDPAHS newsletter rekindled many of my childhood memories.  Growing up on the … [Read more...] about Guzik’s Market

MEMORIES OF ALEXANDER JANDRYKA AND ALEXANDER’S CLEANERS: 6457 McGRAW, DETROIT, MICHIGAN Since my father’s dad was killed in an auto accident, and his brother was killed fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima, the U.S. Army discharged my father … [Read more...] about Alexander’s Cleaners

A HISTORY OF THE ROUGE PARK BAKERY WEST WARREN AVE. AT STAHELIN, WARRENDALE Rouge Park Bakery was my home—established by my parents, Frank and Frances Iglikowski, just before I entered first grade at Ss. Peter & Paul in the Warrendale area of … [Read more...] about Rouge Park Bakery

Warholak Tire Service, 9411 McGraw, Detroit: Generations of Family Service in West Side Detroit’s Polish Neighborhood On McGraw just east of Wyoming Avenue, at the gateway to west side Detroit’s old Polish community, sits a family-owned business … [Read more...] about Warholak Tire Service

The following is a recounting of the life story of Andrew and Hedwig Grendysa as told by their grandson, Dennis Cebulski, to WSDPAHS Member Jerry Sielagoski.  Copyright © 2018 Jerry Sielagoski.  Reprinted with Permission. WSDPAHS member Dennis … [Read more...] about Grendysa Grocery Store Story

A Brief History of the Sgt. Stanley F. Romanowski Post #6896 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars – Detroit, Michigan (Later Westland, Michigan) The Sgt. Stanley F. Romanowski Post #6896 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was founded on May 12, 1946, … [Read more...] about Sgt. Stanley F. Romanowski Post #6896

Address: 3500 Gilbert, Detroit Status: Active, Business Open History/Description The Abick's building was constructed in approximately 1908 by John Benske, Manya Abick Soviak's godfather and uncle. Manya and her brother, Walter Abick, are the … [Read more...] about Abick’s Bar

Address: 5335 Martin, Detroit Status: Building Demolished; Plans for a new school in progress History Formerly situated at 5335 Martin in a corner neighborhood off the Edsel Ford Freeway and Livernois Avenue in Detroit, Chadsey was for a long … [Read more...] about Chadsey High School

5533 Chopin, Detroit 48210: Childhood Home of West Side Detroit Polish American Historical Society Founding President Stanley (“Staś”) Wiśniach’s The West Side Detroit Polish American Historical Society’s Founding President, Stanley (“Staś”) John … [Read more...] about Childhood Home of WSDPAHS Founding President Stanley (“Staś”) Wiśniach