Bronzeville

Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.
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  • Quarter
  • …lies at an elevation of around 590 feet (180 metres)
  • Description: historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Also known as
    “Black Metropolis District”
    “Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Side Community Art Center and Chicago Bee Building.
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Arts center
The is a community art…
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Heritage site
The is a historic building on Chicago's .
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Stadium
is a baseball on the of , Illinois.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Boulevard and Douglas.
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Suburb
is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States.
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Suburb
is one of the 77 community areas of …
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Suburb
is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States.

Bronzeville

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Latitude
41.82385° or 41° 49′ 26″ north
Longitude
-87.61698° or 87° 37′ 1″ west
Open location code
86HJR9FM+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153690988
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
4885675
Wiki­data ID
Q4823292

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Bronzeville” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Bronzeville”
  • French: “Bronzeville”
  • German: “Bronzeville”
  • Hebrew: “שיקגו/ברונזוויל”
  • Japanese: “ブロンズビル地区”
  • Turkish: “Bronzeville”

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