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Pilsen Chicago

Roots

The Czechs in Pilsen, Chicago

Czechs in Pilsen, Chicago named the neighbourhood after Plzen and made it the heart of Czech America. Here is the Bohemian story and what remains today.

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The Mexican community in Pilsen, Chicago

Roots

The Mexicans in Pilsen, Chicago

Pilsen is the cultural heart of Mexican Chicago. The story of how a Czech neighborhood became Mexican after the UIC displacement, and what remains.

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The Atlas of Home app

One day, a child will ask, what were they like?

Atlas of Home keeps the answer, on a family tree you build on your iPhone.

VoicesThe voice you cannot afford to lose.
The family mapWhere you come from, drawn for you.
Recipes and lettersWritten down before it is lost.
The Atlas BookPrint the book of your family.

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Coming soon to the App Store · For iPhone and iPad · No account, no ads