Whittier Elementary School

Whittier Elementary School is a school in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on West 23rd Street. Whittier Elementary School is situated nearby to Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, as well as near Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church.

Type: School
Also known as: “Whittier School”
Address: 1900 West 23rd Street, Chicago, IL 60608

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cristo Rey Jesuit High School and National Museum of Mexican Art.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

School

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School is a Jesuit high school on the near Lower West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the founding school of the Cristo Rey Network and is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Cristo Rey Jesuit High School is situated 530 feet northeast of Whittier Elementary School.

National Museum of Mexican Art

Museum

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The National Museum of Mexican Art is a museum featuring Mexican and Chicano art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. National Museum of Mexican Art is situated 2,000 feet north of Whittier Elementary School.

Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church

Church

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Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church is situated 1,200 feet west of Whittier Elementary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilsen and Illinois Medical District.

Pilsen

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Only a few minutes from the center of Chicago by train, Pilsen is a working-class predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood. Marked by riches in art and historic architecture and occupied by a community that's fiercely proud of where they live, this neighborhood is at once distinctly Chicagoan and something entirely unique.

Illinois Medical District

Neighborhood

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The Illinois Medical District is a special-use zoning district two miles west of the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. The Illinois Medical District consists of 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, a biotechnology business incubator, a raw development area, four major hospitals, two medical universities, and more than 40 health care related facilities.