Throop Park
Throop Park is a park in Cook, Illinois which is located on South Throop Street. Throop Park is situated nearby to the suburb New City, as well as near the neighborhood Canaryville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Back of the Yards Park” and “Throop Playground”
- Address: 4922 South Throop Street, Chicago, IL 60609
Places of Interest
Highlights include Richards Career Academy and Sherman Park.
Richards Career Academy
School
Ellen H. Richards Career Academy is a public four-year vocational high school located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Sherman Park
Park
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Sherman Park is a sixty-acre park in the New City neighborhood of South Side, Chicago. It was designed by renowned landscape architects John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., and celebrated Chicago architect Daniel Burnham.
Apostolic House of Prayer
Church
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Apostolic House of Prayer is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New City and Fuller Park.
New City
Suburb
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New City is one of Chicago's 77 official community areas, located on the southwest side of the city in the South Side district. It contains the neighborhoods of Canaryville and Back of the Yards.
Fuller Park
Suburb
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Fuller Park is the 37th of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located on the city's South Side, it is 5 miles from the Loop. It is named for a small park also known as Fuller Park within the neighborhood, which is in turn named for Melville Weston Fuller, a Chicago attorney who was the Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910. Fuller Park is situated 1½ miles northeast of Throop Park.
Englewood
Suburb
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Englewood is a neighborhood and community area located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is also the 68th of the 77 community areas in the city. Englewood is situated 2 miles south of Throop Park.
Throop Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.80438° or 41° 48′ 16″ northLongitude
-87.65824° or 87° 39′ 30″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Operator
Chicago Park DistrictNamed after
Union Stock YardsOpen location code
86HJR83R+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 173846464OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Throop Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Throop Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, Illinois)”
- Cebuano: “Throop Park”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Back of the Yards and Canaryville.
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Highlights include Back of the Yards Park Fieldhouse and Packingtown Park.
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