Julius Hess School
The Jewish People's Institute is a historic Jewish community center building located at 3500 W. Douglas Boulevard in the North Lawndale community area of Chicago, Illinois.Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Central Park Theater and Douglass Park.
Central Park Theater
Theater building
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Central Park Theater is a historic theater building at 3531-39 W. Roosevelt Road in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1917, the theater was the first in the Balaban and Katz chain. Central Park Theater is situated 1,100 feet north of Julius Hess School.
Douglass Park
Park
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Douglass Park is a part of the Chicago Park District on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1869 and initially named South Park, its 173 acres are in the North Lawndale community area with an official address of 1401 S.
Central Park station
Metro station
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Central Park is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line and the North Lawndale neighborhood. The station opened on December 9, 1951, as a replacement for the closed Drake, Lawndale, and Homan stations. Central Park station is situated 3,300 feet south of Julius Hess School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Lawndale and K-Town Historic District.
North Lawndale
Suburb
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North Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the city's West Side. The community area includes the K-Town Historic District, the Homan Square interrogation facility, and the city's largest concentration of greystones.
K-Town Historic District
Neighborhood
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The K-Town Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the North Lawndale community area in Chicago, Illinois.
South Lawndale
Suburb
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South Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the West Side of Chicago. Over 80% of the residents are of Mexican descent and the community is home to the largest foreign-born Mexican population in Chicago.
Julius Hess School
- Type: School
- Also known as: “Jewish People’s Institute” and “Lawndale Community Academy”
- Categories: community center and education
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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“Julius Hess School” goes by many names.
- French: “Jewish People’s Institute”
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