Chicago Fire Department District 1 Station 8

Chicago Fire Department District 1 Station 8 is a building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Chicago Fire Department District 1 Station 8 is situated nearby to the library Chinatown Branch, as well as near Chinese American Museum of Chicago.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chinatown Branch and Chess Records.

Chinatown Branch

Library

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The Chinatown Branch is a branch of the Chicago Public Library in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The 16,000-square-foot building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 2015.

Chess Records

Museum

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Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947. Chess Records is situated 2,200 feet east of Chicago Fire Department District 1 Station 8.

Chinese American Museum of Chicago

Museum

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The Chinese American Museum of Chicago seeks to advance the appreciation of Chinese American culture through exhibitions, education, and research and to preserve the past, present, and future of Chinese Americans primarily in the American Midwest. Chinese American Museum of Chicago is situated 760 feet southwest of Chicago Fire Department District 1 Station 8.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridgeport-Chinatown and Near South.

Bridgeport-Chinatown

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Bridgeport-Chinatown is the South Side at its most dynamic, as the old South Side Irish neighborhood of the Daleys increasingly blends with the old Chinese immigrant community to the north.

Near South

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The Near South is the home of several of Chicago's main attractions: the splendid Museum Campus, with three world-class natural science museums on the lakefront; Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears; and McCormick Place, the city's massive convention center.

Motor Row District

Neighborhood

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The Motor Row District is a historic district in Chicago's Near South Side community area. Motor Row includes buildings on Michigan Avenue between 2200 and 2500 south, directly west of McCormick Place convention center, and 1444, 1454, 1737, 1925, 2000 S.

Chicago Fire Department District 1 Station 8

Type: Building
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.85312° or 41° 51′ 11″ north

Longitude

-87.63239° or 87° 37′ 57″ west

Elevation

597 feet (182 metres)

Open location code

86HJV939+62

GeoNames ID

8116464

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