Shantytown
Shantytown is a locality in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Shantytown is situated nearby to the locality Kinzies Addition, as well as near the neighborhood Streeterville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
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 of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary art venues.
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.
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.
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, 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, according to most sources, although the city of Chicago recognizes only a small portion of this region as Streeterville.
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.
Shantytown
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “The Sands”
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.89309° or 41° 53′ 35″ northLongitude
-87.62089° or 87° 37′ 15″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Open location code
86HJV9VH+6JGeoNames ID
4911207
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