Ward Building
Ward Building is an university building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on East Chicago Avenue. Ward Building is situated nearby to Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, as well as near Lurie Children’s Hospital.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: University building
- Description: university building and skyscraper at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
- Also known as: “303 E. Chicago Avenue”, “Montgomery Ward Building”, “Montgomery Ward Memorial Building”, “Northwestern University Ward Building”, and “Ward Memorial Building”
- Address: 300-320 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Water Tower Place.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Museum
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is situated 530 feet northwest of Ward Building.
Water Tower Place
Shopping center
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Water Tower Place is an urban mixed-use development comprising a 758,000 sq ft shopping mall in a 74-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. The mall is located on North Michigan Avenue, along the Magnificent Mile. Water Tower Place is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Ward Building.
Lurie Children’s Hospital
Hospital
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, formerly Children's Memorial Hospital and commonly known as Lurie Children's, is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Chicago, Illinois. Lurie Children’s Hospital is situated 640 feet west of Ward Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Streeterville and Along the Magnificent Mile.
Streeterville
Neighborhood
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located north of the Chicago River, it is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east.
Along the Magnificent Mile
Neighborhood
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Chicago River to Oak Street on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
River North
Quarter
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River North is a Chicago neighborhood located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail and tourism corridor.
Ward Building
- Categories: skyscraper, building, and education
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.89635° or 41° 53′ 47″ northLongitude
-87.61967° or 87° 37′ 11″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Levels
20Named after
Aaron Montgomery WardOpen location code
86HJV9WJ+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 158621257OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityGeoNames ID
4902565Wikidata ID
Q106497911
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In Other Languages
“Ward Building” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “303 E. Chicago avenida”
- Portuguese: “Edifício Ward - prédio da escola de medicina”
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