Buddhist Temple of Chicago
The Buddhist Temple of Chicago was founded in October 1944 by Gyomay Kubose, a minister of the Higashi Honganji branch of the Jōdo Shinshū sect, along with several laypeople who had been released from the Japanese American internment camps.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riviera Theatre and Uptown Broadway Building.
Riviera Theatre
Theater building
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The Riviera Theatre is a concert venue located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Riviera Theatre is situated 600 feet north of Buddhist Temple of Chicago.
Uptown Broadway Building
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The Uptown Broadway Building is a historic three-story building at 4703–4715 North Broadway in Uptown, Chicago. Built in 1926, it was designed by Walter W.
Lawrence station
Metro station
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Lawrence is an 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line. It is an elevated station located at 1117 West Lawrence Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Lawrence station is situated 890 feet north of Buddhist Temple of Chicago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uptown Square Historic District and Uptown Chicago.
Uptown Square Historic District
Neighborhood
The Uptown Square Historic District is a commercial historic district encompassing parts of Broadway and Lawrence Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
Uptown Chicago
Uptown is a scruffy, jazz-inflected neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. Within its boundaries, off to the side of the action, are the residential areas of Sheridan Park and Buena Park, and an exciting Southeast Asian community based around Argyle Street.
West Argyle Street Historic District
Neighborhood
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West Argyle Street Historic District is a historic district in Uptown, Chicago, Illinois. The historic district covers an area of about 41 acres along Argyle Street from Broadway to Sheridan Road, extending north to Winona Street in some areas and south toward Ainslie Street in others.
Buddhist Temple of Chicago
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Address: 1151 West Leland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640
- Categories: building, temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.967° or 41° 58′ 1″ northLongitude
-87.65933° or 87° 39′ 34″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Levels
1Open location code
86HJX88R+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 210381710OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=temple
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Buddhist Temple of Chicago” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد شيكاجو البوذى”
- Japanese: “シカゴ仏教会”
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