Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:26:34 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czech-state-buys-czech-national-hall-nyc-8045471© 2026 Radio Prague International The historic Czech National Hall in New York City became the property of the Czech state on Friday. The Czech state bought the building for the symbolic price of one dollar, ending years of negotiations and disputes, hopes and fears over the fate of the building. It was built by Czech and Slovak refugees at the end of the 19th Century and played an important role in the lives of generations of Czechs and Slovaks in the New World. Olga Szantova who visited the site in New York not long ago, reports. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/czech-state-buys-czech-national-hall-nyc-8045471 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9