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North Lawndale

North Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of the city of , located on its West Side. The area contains the , the Foundation for Homan Square, the Homan Square interrogation facility, and the greatest concentration of greystones in the city.
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  • Type: Suburb with 34,800 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois
  • Also known as: “Lawndale” and “North Lawndale, Chicago”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Central Park Theater and Central Park station.

Theater building
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is a historic theater building at 3531-39 W. Roosevelt Road in the Lawndale neighborhood of , . Built in 1917, the theater was the first in the Balaban and Katz chain.

Metro station
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Central Park is a station on the '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.

Metro station
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Pulaski is an 'L' station on the 's Pink Line, located in the North Lawndale neighborhood. Pulaski opened on June 16, 1902, as part of the Douglas Park branch of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include K-Town Historic District and South Lawndale.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the North Lawndale community area in Chicago, Illinois.

Suburb
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is a community area on the West Side of , . Over 80% of the residents are of Mexican descent and the community is home to the largest foreign-born Mexican population in Chicago.

Suburb
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on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. It is directly west of . is situated 1½ miles north of North Lawndale.

North Lawndale

Latitude
41.86003° or 41° 51′ 36″ north
Longitude
-87.71839° or 87° 43′ 6″ west
Population
34,800
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Open location code
86HJV76J+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153607700
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4903940
Wiki­data ID
Q3344136
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Serbian—“North Lawndale” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “北羅恩代爾”
  • French: “North Lawndale”
  • Hebrew: “נורת‘ לאונדל”
  • Portuguese: “North Lawndale”
  • Serbian: “Nort Londejl (Čikago)”
  • Serbian: “Nort Londejl”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Homan Square and Crawford.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carol Divine Temple Church of God in Christ and All Souls Church of God in Christ.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North Lawndale”. Photo: Jonathan Lee, CC BY 2.0.