Austin Special School and Sheltered Work Center

Austin Special School and Sheltered Work Center is a school in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Austin Special School and Sheltered Work Center is situated nearby to the metro station Laramie station, as well as near Austin Town Hall Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Austin Town Hall Park and Laramie station.

Austin Town Hall Park

Park

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Austin Town Hall Park is a park at 5610 W. Lake Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The site was formerly used for the town hall of Cicero Township.

Laramie station

Metro station

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Laramie is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Green Line and the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. It opened on April 29, 1894, as a terminus of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad. Laramie station is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Austin Special School and Sheltered Work Center.

Central station

Metro station

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Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system and is located at 350 North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West side. Central station is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Austin Special School and Sheltered Work Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Austin and Far West Side.

Austin

Suburb

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Austin is one of the 77 officially-designated community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's West Side, it is the third-largest community area by population and the second-largest geographically.

Far West Side

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Chicago's Far West Side is best known for being impoverished and crime-ridden, but it has at least one major attraction as well as some fabulous parks, vibrant immigrant communities, and blues legends.