Chicago Transit Authority-Wilson Avenue Elevated Station

Chicago Transit Authority-Wilson Avenue Elevated Station is a railway station in , , which is located on West Wilson Avenue. Chicago Transit Authority-Wilson Avenue Elevated Station is situated nearby to , as well as near .
  • Type: Railway station
  • Also known as: “Uptown Union Station” and “Wilson”
  • Address: 1112 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wilson station and Buddhist Temple of Chicago.

Metro station
Photo: Jacob G., CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wilson is an station on the 's North Side Main Line, located at 4620 North Broadway in the neighborhood of , . It is served at all times by the Red Line and by the Purple Line on weekdays at rush hour.

Buddhist temple
The 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. is situated 600 feet northwest of Chicago Transit Authority-Wilson Avenue Elevated Station.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is situated 800 feet east of Chicago Transit Authority-Wilson Avenue Elevated Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uptown Chicago and Uptown Square Historic District.

Photo: pdomara, CC BY 2.0.
Uptown is a scruffy, jazz-inflected neighborhood on the north side of . 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.

Neighborhood
The is a commercial historic district encompassing parts of Broadway and Lawrence Avenue in the neighborhood of , .

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood located in the 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.

Chicago Transit Authority-Wilson Avenue Elevated Station

Latitude
41.9656° or 41° 57′ 56″ north
Longitude
-87.65815° or 87° 39′ 29″ west
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
Height
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
86HJX88R+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1294851570
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Geo­Names ID
4887523
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