Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline
Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline is a memorial in Cook, Illinois. Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline is situated nearby to the sports venue South Athletic Fieldhouse, as well as near the recreation area South Field.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chicago History Museum and Lincoln Park Passerelle.
Chicago History Museum
Museum
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Chicago History Museum is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society. The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago's history. The museum and library has been located in Lincoln Park since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, where the museum has been expanded several times. Chicago History Museum is situated 1,300 feet south of Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline.
Lincoln Park Passerelle
Bridge
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The Lincoln Park Passerelle is a through arch pedestrian bridge in Chicago. It spans Lake Shore Drive, and allows pedestrians to cross between Lincoln Park and the North Avenue Beach. Lincoln Park Passerelle is situated 890 feet east of Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline.
Ulysses S. Grant Monument
Monument
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The Ulysses S. Grant Monument is a presidential memorial in Chicago, honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Ulysses S. Grant Monument is situated 700 feet north of Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mid-North District and Old Town.
Mid-North District
Neighborhood
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The Mid-North District or Midtown-North is a historic district in the Lincoln Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. The district was built from 1865 to 1900 by various architects.
Old Town
Quarter
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Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. It contains many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.
Gold Coast Historic District
Quarter
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The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street.
Abandoned Lake Michigan Shoreline
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This ridge is an ancient beach or sand bar of Lake Michigan whose waters reached this point 8,000 years ago when the lake level was 20 feet higher than now. Clark Street runs north atop this ridge. The park ponds lie between such old beaches, abandoned by”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.91563° or 41° 54′ 56″ northLongitude
-87.63077° or 87° 37′ 51″ westOpen location code
86HJW989+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 14050133973OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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