Western

Western is a railway stop in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Western is situated nearby to the ice cream parlor Margie’s Candies, as well as near Ehrler Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Western station and Margie’s Candies.

Western station

Metro station

Photo: Nico Brussels, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Western is an elevated rapid transit station on the Chicago "L"'s Blue Line, where it is located on the O'Hare branch. The station, opened in 1895, is located within the Bucktown neighborhood in the larger Logan Square community area.

Margie’s Candies

Ice cream parlor

Photo: Zagalejo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Margie’s Candies is the name of two popular confectioneries on the north side of Chicago. Owned by the same family, each one is part candy store and part sit-down ice cream parlor. Margie’s Candies is situated 400 feet north of Western.

Covenant Presbyterian Church

Church

The former Cathedral of All Saints of the Polish National Catholic Church in Chicago, referred to in Polish as Katedra Wszystkich Świętych is a historic church building located in the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Covenant Presbyterian Church is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Western.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bucktown and Wicker Park.

Bucktown

Neighborhood

Photo: Eric Fischer, CC BY 2.0.

Bucktown is a neighborhood.

Wicker Park

Photo: Victorgrigas, Public domain.

Wicker Park is the vanguard of music, nightlife, and fashion in Chicago. This article also includes the sly, enjoyable Ukrainian Village, immediately south, and pieces of the greater West Town area.

West Town

Suburb

Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.

West Town is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest of the Loop. Much of this area was historically part of Polish Downtown, along Western Avenue, which was then the city's western boundary.

Western

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.91629° or 41° 54′ 59″ north

Longitude

-87.68744° or 87° 41′ 15″ west

Operator

Chicago Transit Authority

Network

CTA

Open location code

86HJW887+G2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2090182927

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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Highlights include The Lincoln Lodge and Ehrler Park.

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