Oakland Park

Oakland Park is a park in , . Oakland Park is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include First Church of Christ, Scientist and Stephen A. Douglas Tomb.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The former , built in 1897, is a historic Neo-Classical-style church located at 4017 S. Drexel Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois.

Monument
The and Memorial or Stephen Douglas Monument Park is a memorial that includes the tomb of United States Senator Stephen A. Douglas.

Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
43rd is a station on the 's 'L' system in the community area in Chicago, Illinois, on the Green Line at 314 E 43rd Street, three blocks east of State Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakland and Bronzeville.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the area was developed between 1872 and 1905.

Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district within the community area of , .

Oakland Park

Latitude
41.82559° or 41° 49′ 32″ north
Longitude
-87.60366° or 87° 36′ 13″ west
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Open location code
86HJR9GW+6G
Geo­Names ID
4832098
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Satellite Map

Discover Oakland Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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