Capture My Chicago

  • Lionfish  by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Lionfish

    Pterois Volitans

  • St. Hyacinth Basilica by Sylwia Smialkowska

    St. Hyacinth Basilica

    Founded in 1894 as a Polish parish, the parish became the center for what came to be referred to as Jackowo, the Polish Village- Chicago's most well-known Polish Patch. The Resurrectionist Order from the city's first Polish parish, St. Stanislaus Kostka, organized this parish and still administer it today. The parish has been intimately tied in with Chicago's Polish immigrants, particularly those who have arrived in the Solidarity and Post-Solidarity waves of Polish migration to Chicago that began in the 1980s. On June 26, 2003, Pope John Paul II granted the designation of minor basilica, the third church in Illinois to achieve this status. On November 30, 2003, Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., officially proclaimed St. Hyacinth Church a basilica of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

  • Love For Birds by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Love For Birds

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  • Beauty Under The Water by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Beauty Under The Water

    Brookfield Zoo

  • Persian Violet by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Persian Violet

    Garfield Park Conservatory

  • Sleeping On The Branch by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Sleeping On The Branch

    Brookfield Zoo

  • Painted In Pastels by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Painted In Pastels

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  • Jewel of The Nature by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Jewel of The Nature

    ..at Brookfield Zoo.

  • Purple Lily  by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Purple Lily

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  • Just Curious by Sylwia Smialkowska

    Just Curious

    An exceptional looking monkey captured in Brookfield Zoo.