Introduction

Everyone wants to live the "American dream." For this same reason, Polish and Bohemian immigrants migrated to the United States in search of wealth and happiness. Once settlers in neighborhoods such as Gage Park began to build businesses in the community, more people started to flow into the neighborhood. Churches were built, and public transportation was incorporated as well. By the late 1800s, the neighborhood had been well set up, and had a primarily white, Roman Catholic population. As the years progressed, the demographics of the neighborhood switched to mainly Hispanic inhabitants by the late 1900s. Since Gage Park economically strived in the mid 1900s, more diverse groups of immigrants settled in the neighborhood.