AM-POL Eagle: Postcard Commemorates Zawadzki’s Contributions To Local Architecture

Gregory Witul (Am-Pol Eagle) • Wed, May 22, 2013 – Buffalo’s Polonia is full of beautiful and important buildings. From the Polish Cadets in Black Rock to the Echo Club in Niagara Falls, each has played a vital role in the development of the Polish-American community of Western New York, but there is one building whose importance outweighs them all, the former Dom Polski Building, now known as the Matt Urban Center in Buffalo’s East Side. This building would be home to over 50 organizations, two libraries and host a number of dinners, dances, meetings, and rallies in its large auditorium. This building, as with many others in Polonia, was designed by one of Buffalo’s most prominent Polish architects, Wladyslaw Zawadzki. We will look at his early life and the auditorium he built as seen in this postcard.

Read full story on AM-POL Eagle—>


Related Posts

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.