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The Architect of Polonia: Wladyslaw H. Zawadzki

By Gregory L. Witul - January 23, 2014

In every community he worked, especially Buffalo’s Polonia, architect Wladyslaw H. Zawadzki designed quality buildings that held important events and shaped the neighborhoods in which they stood.

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