Astronomy and Astrophysics Building

Astronomy and Astrophysics Building is a building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Astronomy and Astrophysics Building is situated nearby to Regenstein Library, as well as near Smart Museum of Art.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Smart Museum of Art and Regenstein Library.

Smart Museum of Art

Museum

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The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The permanent collection has over 17,000 objects. Smart Museum of Art is situated 550 feet northeast of Astronomy and Astrophysics Building.

Regenstein Library

Library

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The Joseph Regenstein Library, colloquially The Reg, is the primary library of the University of Chicago. Part of the University of Chicago Library system, it is located on the university’s Hyde Park campus on the South Side of Chicago. Regenstein Library is situated 500 feet east of Astronomy and Astrophysics Building.

Robie House

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The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Robie House is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Astronomy and Astrophysics Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hyde Park and Washington Park.

Hyde Park

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Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…

Washington Park

Suburb

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Washington Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. The community area includes the 372 acre park of the same name, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.

Woodlawn

Suburb

Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.

Astronomy and Astrophysics Building

Type: Building
Also known as: “Astronomy and Astrophysics Center”
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.79253° or 41° 47′ 33″ north

Longitude

-87.60172° or 87° 36′ 6″ west

Elevation

591 feet (180 metres)

Open location code

86HJQ9VX+28

GeoNames ID

4883753

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