Vittum Park

Vittum Park is a park in Cook, Illinois which is located on West 50th Street. Vittum Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Archer Limits, as well as near the village Central Stickney.

Type: Park
Description: park in the United States of America
Address: 5010 West 50th Street, Chicago, IL 60638

Places of Interest

Highlights include Midway station and Hawthorne Race Course.

Midway station

Metro station

Photo: Hied5, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Midway is an 'L' station on the CTA's Orange Line. It is the southwestern terminus of the Orange Line and serves Midway International Airport in Chicago, the city's second-largest airport.

Hawthorne Race Course is a racetrack for horse racing in Stickney, Illinois, near Chicago. The oldest continually run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Hawthorne Race Course is situated 1½ miles north of Vittum Park.

Pulaski station

Metro station

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Pulaski is an 'L' station on the CTA's Orange Line, which runs between Midway Airport and The Loop; it is situated between Midway and Kedzie stations. Pulaski is located at Pulaski Road and 51st Street on the Southwest Side of Chicago, Illinois.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Stickney and Archer Heights.

Central Stickney

Village

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Central Stickney is an unincorporated community in Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois, a half mile north of Midway International Airport. It consists of the areas around Central Avenue, between I-55 to the north and 51st Street, its southern boundary; east of Central, the northern boundary is roughly drawn between 47th and 48th Streets.

Archer Heights

Suburb

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Archer Heights is a community area in Chicago, Illinois, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. Archer Avenue runs from south of Chicago's downtown area, through the southwest side of Chicago and beyond into the southwest suburbs, along what was once a Native American trail.

Southwest Side

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The Southwest Side of Chicago is far off the beaten path. Plenty of visitors know Midway Airport, but never see anything beyond. Truth be told, there isn't a lot to see.