Ida B Wells Housing Project
Ida B Wells Housing Project is a locality in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Ida B Wells Housing Project is situated nearby to the locality Aldine Square, as well as near the suburb Oakland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rate Field and South Side Community Art Center.
Rate Field
Stadium
Photo: Enoch Lai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rate Field is a baseball stadium on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.
South Side Community Art Center
Arts center
Photo: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The South Side Community Art Center is a community art center in Chicago that opened in 1940 with support from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in Illinois.
The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument
Monument
Photo: Historyfar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument is a bronze and marble public sculpture by artist Richard Hunt. Located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, the sculpture takes its name from a quote by civil rights activist and investigative journalist Ida B.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bronzeville and Oakland.
Bronzeville
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.
Oakland
Suburb
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oakland, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the Oakland area was developed between 1872 and 1905.
Douglas
Suburb
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douglas, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government.
Ida B Wells Housing Project
- Type: Locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.82448° or 41° 49′ 28″ northLongitude
-87.61338° or 87° 36′ 48″ westElevation
604 feet (184 metres)Open location code
86HJR9FP+QJGeoNames ID
4896750
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