Andersonville Park

Andersonville Park is a park in Cook, Illinois which is located on North Ashland Avenue. Andersonville Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lakewood Balmoral Historic District, as well as near West Edgewater.

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Type: Park
Description: park in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America; geonames ID = 4883695
Also known as: “Ashland Park”
Address: 5233 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640

Places of Interest

Highlights include Women & Children First and Thorek Memorial Hospital Andersonville.

Women & Children First

Bookstore

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Women & Children First is an independent bookstore located at 5233 North Clark Street in the Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago. The store was founded in 1979 by Ann Christophersen and Linda Bubon as a feminist bookstore and place to celebrate and support women authors and members of the Chicago community.

Thorek Memorial Hospital Andersonville

Hospital

Thorek Memorial Hospital Andersonville, formerly Methodist Hospital of Chicago, is a 145-bed hospital located in Uptown, Chicago's Andersonville and Ravenswood neighborhoods. It is part of the Thorek Memorial Hospital health system.

Essanay Studios

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Essanay Studios, officially the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in Chicago by George Kirke Spoor and Gilbert M.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Andersonville and Lakewood Balmoral Historic District.

Andersonville

Neighborhood

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Andersonville is a neighborhood.

Lakewood Balmoral Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Lakewood Balmoral Historic District is a historic district in the Edgewater community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 1999.

Edgewater

Suburb

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Edgewater is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the North Side of Chicago. It is 6 miles north of the Loop.