Public libraries Chicago Public Library operates three branches located in the Portage Park community area: Portage-Cragin, Austin-Irving and Jefferson Park. Culture The Patio Theater, built in 1927, is a single-screen atmospheric style movie palace screening repertory and independent films. There are preliminary plans to erect a statue of pianist Frédéric Chopin in Chopin Park for the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth in addition to a 1:1-scale replica of Wacław Szymanowski's Art Nouveau found in Warsaw's Royal Baths along Chicago's lakefront. Portage Park is the childhood home of Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., the late Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago (1937-2015; served 1997–2014; cardinal, 1998; president of the U.S. bishops, 2007–2010; formerly, Bishop of Yakima, WA, and Archbishop of Portland, OR). He grew up in a working class area of the neighborhood in a small red-brick house. There is a street, near Byron Street, named for him. References External links Official City of Chicago Portage Park Community Map PDF file on Portage Park Bungalows from the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association Chicago Landmarks Peoples Gas Irving Park Neighborhood Store Chicago Park District Chopin Park Dunham Park Portage Park Wilson Park Community areas of Chicago North Side, Chicago Polish-American culture in Chicago Polish communities in the United States