47th
47th is a railway stop in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. 47th is situated nearby to Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church, as well as near Robert S. Abbott House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 47th station and Harold Washington Cultural Center.
47th station
Metro station
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47th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's "L" system, located in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line.
Harold Washington Cultural Center
Theater building
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Harold Washington Cultural Center is a performance facility located in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. It was named after Chicago's first African-American Mayor Harold Washington and opened in August 2004, ten years after initial groundbreaking. Harold Washington Cultural Center is situated 890 feet east of 47th.
Robert S. Abbott House
House
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The Robert S. Abbott House is a historic house in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1900, it was the home of Robert S. Abbott, founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender, the most-circulated African-American newspaper in the nation, from 1926 up until his death in 1940. Robert S. Abbott House is situated 490 feet east of 47th.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Boulevard and Fuller Park.
Grand Boulevard
Suburb
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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.
Fuller Park
Suburb
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Fuller Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's South Side, it is 5 miles from the Loop. It is named for a small park also known as Fuller Park within the neighborhood, which is in turn named for Melville Weston Fuller, a Chicago attorney who was the Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910.
Kenwood
Suburb
Photo: Monika Bonckute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kenwood is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of the city. Its boundaries are 43rd Street, 51st Street, Cottage Grove Avenue, and the lake.
47th
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.80834° or 41° 48′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.61886° or 87° 37′ 8″ westOperator
Chicago Transit AuthorityNetwork
CTAOpen location code
86HJR95J+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 258963130OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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