Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a tower in Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Northwestern University is situated nearby to the arts center Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, as well as near Deering Library.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Northwestern University Library.
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Arts center
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The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The Block Museum was established in 1980 when Chicago art collectors Mary and Leigh B.
Northwestern University Library
Library
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Northwestern University Libraries is the main academic library system of Northwestern University. Northwestern Libraries host a total of 8,198,268 printed or electronic volumes. Northwestern University Library is situated 680 feet northwest of Northwestern University.
Deering Library
Library
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Charles Deering Library is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Deering served as the university's main library on the Evanston campus from 1933, when it was established, until the construction of the Northwestern University Main Library in 1970. Deering Library is situated 840 feet northwest of Northwestern University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Wilmette.
Evanston Lakeshore Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Wilmette
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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Rogers Park
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Rogers Park is the northern border of Chicago — the wild-eyed inheritor of uninhibited lakefront, swamps become beaches, and the beauty of Chicago bricks.
Northwestern University
- Type: Tower
- Also known as: “WNUR-FM (Evanston)”
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.05147° or 42° 3′ 5″ northLongitude
-87.67323° or 87° 40′ 24″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
86JJ382G+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 354174296OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerGeoNames ID
4915177
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Northwestern University” goes by many names.
- French: “Université Northwestern”
- German: “Northwestern University”
- Portuguese: “Universidade do Noroeste”
- Spanish: “Universidad del Noroeste”
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