Washington Park (Chicago, Illinois)
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Washington Park is a well-defined community area on the South Side of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, USA, Which gets its name from the and neighborhood. It includes the 372 acre (1.5 km²) park named Washington Park, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 63rd Street to 51st. It is home to the DuSable Museum of African American History. The park was the proposed site of the Olympic Stadium and the Olympic Aquatics Center in Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Including the park, the community area hosts two listings on the National Register of Historic Places. It includes and is surrounded by smaller neighborhoods that have gone though notable and often turbulent racial transitions.
Including the park, the community area hosts two listings on the National Register of Historic Places. It includes and is surrounded by smaller neighborhoods that have gone though notable and often turbulent racial transitions.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park,_Chicago_(neighborhood)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°47'28"N 87°37'2"W
- Roseland 6.4 km
- South Deering 7.7 km
- Hegewisch 11 km
- Robertsdale (neighborhood) 12 km
- Garfield Ridge 16 km
- Austin 21 km
- Black Oak (neighborhood) 29 km
- Forest Glen 29 km
- Norwood Park 30 km
- University Park (neighborhood) 33 km
- Washington Park 0.6 km
- Stagg Field 1.1 km
- Friend Family Health Center 1.1 km
- XS Tennis Village 1.1 km
- Beasley Elementary School 1.1 km
- The University of Chicago 1.7 km
- Houston Park 1.7 km
- Midway Plaisance 1.8 km
- Burnham Park 4.6 km
- Cook County, Illinois 23 km