Wonder of Woodlawn

Wonder of Woodlawn is a work of art in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Wonder of Woodlawn is situated nearby to the sports venue Hussain MetroSquash Center, as well as near the police station University of Chicago Police Department.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fountain of Time and Robie House.

Fountain of Time

Work of art

Photo: Conradl, Public domain.

Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, measuring 126 feet 10 inches in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Fountain of Time is situated 1,000 feet north of Wonder of Woodlawn.

Robie House

Photo: grego1402, CC BY 2.0.

The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Robie House is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Wonder of Woodlawn.

University of Chicago Medical Center

Hospital

Photo: Crimsonmaroon, Public domain.

The University of Chicago Medical Center is a nationally ranked academic medical center located in Hyde Park on the South Side of Chicago. It is the flagship campus for The University of Chicago Medicine system and was established in 1898. University of Chicago Medical Center is situated 2,300 feet north of Wonder of Woodlawn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodlawn and Washington Park.

Woodlawn

Suburb

Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.

Washington Park

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Washington Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. The community area includes the 372 acre park of the same name, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.

Hyde Park

Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…

Wonder of Woodlawn

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Category: tourism
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.78417° or 41° 47′ 3″ north

Longitude

-87.60623° or 87° 36′ 22″ west

Open location code

86HJQ9MV+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10691975599

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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