Bronzeville
Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History 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.Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: historic district in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “Black Metropolis District”, “Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District”, and “Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Side Community Art Center and Chicago Bee Building.
South Side Community Art Center
Arts center
Photo: Alanscottwalker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The South Side Community Art Center is a community art center in Chicago that opened in 1940 with support from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in Illinois.
Chicago Bee Building
Heritage site
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chicago Bee Building is a historic building on Chicago's South Side. It originally housed the Chicago Bee, a newspaper serving the African Americans of Chicago.
Rate Field
Stadium
Photo: Enoch Lai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rate Field is a baseball stadium on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Boulevard and Douglas.
Grand Boulevard
Suburb
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Boulevard is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. The boulevard from which it takes its name is now Martin Luther King Jr.
Douglas
Suburb
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douglas is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the South Side of Chicago. The Douglas community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…
Oakland
Suburb
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oakland is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the Oakland area was developed between 1872 and 1905.
Bronzeville
- Categories: neighborhood, historic district, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.82385° or 41° 49′ 26″ northLongitude
-87.61698° or 87° 37′ 1″ westElevation
594 feet (181 metres)Open location code
86HJR9FM+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 153690988OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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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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