This building is missing a little more than the New Bohemian Hall in the post below. A missing cornice and pediment and cupola leave this building a little naked, but still an anchor along Ashland Avenue, just south of 18th Street. The new windows and added glass block along the central bay on the second stories leaves a little to be desired, but could easily be fixed. The original doors and segmental transom added a warmth and completeness to the building that has been lost with its contemporary iteration.
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We almost lost the Plzensky Sokol sign this summer after the filming. Who knew it was applied? We cheered when it went back up. As for it being a "Turner Hall" that term would be more apt to a German building, this was a Sokol. Culturally similiar but distinctly different nonetheless. We do have one "Turner Hall" in Pilsen still extant, can you find it?
I so hope to see the dome back up one day and the building back in appropriate use. We can hope.
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