Built in 1890 by wealthy Hungarian-American Theodore Kundtz, it was originally known as Hungaria Hall. Purchased by a group of Czech societies in 1907, the building was renamed Ceska Sin Sokol Hall, although for years thereafter many still called it "Hunkie" Hall. This photo taken in circa 1934 shows the the hall at a time when a restaurant operated out of the first floor store-front and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, which had just unionized the Joseph & Feiss Company on West 53rd, had an office on the second floor. | Source: Gilbert BachnaDownload Original File
