Astronomy and Astrophysics Building
Astronomy and Astrophysics Building is a building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Astronomy and Astrophysics Building is situated nearby to Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, as well as near Regenstein Library.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Joe and Rika Mansueto Library and Smart Museum of Art.
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
Library
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library is a storage library of the University of Chicago. Part of the University of Chicago Library system, it has a capacity of 3.5 million volumes under an elliptical dome.
Smart Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyde Park and Washington Park.
Hyde Park
Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.79253° or 41° 47′ 33″ northLongitude
-87.60172° or 87° 36′ 6″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Open location code
86HJQ9VX+28GeoNames ID
4883753
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