Carmen Park

Carmen Park is a park in Cook, Illinois which is located on West Carmen Avenue. Carmen Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Argyle Street, as well as near Lakewood-Balmoral.

Type: Park
Also known as: “Carmen Playlot Park”
Address: 1224 West Carmen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bachman House and Argyle station.

Bachman House

House

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The Bachman House is a house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 1244 W. Carmen Ave. The house was built between 1947 and 1948 by Bruce Goff.

Argyle station

Metro station

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Argyle is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, located at 1118 West Argyle Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is an elevated station with an island platform.

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 Argyle Street and Lakewood Balmoral Historic District.

Argyle Street is a neighborhood located in the Uptown Community Area on the Far Northeast side of Chicago, Illinois. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Foster Avenue to the north, Glenwood Avenue to the east, Ainslie Street to the south, and Sheridan Road to the west.

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.