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Union Miles: Part 4

This was my fourth and final section run of the   Union Miles   neighborhood. Map:   Run 1 , Run 2 , Run 3 , Run 4 , Run 5 , Run 6 Distance This Section: 21.9 miles Distance So Far: 822.7 miles The Cermak Building  is located on the southeast corner of  E. 93rd Street and Union Avenue. It  was constructed in 1909 and designed by local architect James Love Cameron for Fred J. Cermak, a local pharmacist (Cermak Drug was a cornerstone business for many decades). The building served as the center of the emerging Czech-Slovak-Polish community for years. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984. Across the street at the SW corner of E. 93rd & Union Ave is the  E. Prep & Village Prep Woodland Hills elementary school  which serves 675 students. The location has been home to a neighborhood elementary school since 1897. This church directly east of the Cermak Building at 9210 Union Ave is the former Woodland Hills Avenue Church which was established in