Western Avenue

Western Avenue is a railway stop in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Western Avenue is situated near the metro station Western station, as well as near the railway station Western CTA (Pink Line) Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Western Avenue station and Western station.

Western Avenue station

Railway station

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Western Avenue is a station on Metra's BNSF Line located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station consists of one side platform and one island platform for outbound and inbound trains.

Western station

Metro station

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Western is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line. It is located in the Heart of Chicago and Heart of Italy neighborhoods in the Lower West Side community area. Western station is situated 1,400 feet south of Western Avenue.

National Museum of Mexican Art

Museum

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The National Museum of Mexican Art is a museum featuring Mexican and Chicano art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. National Museum of Mexican Art is situated 3,100 feet east of Western Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tri-Taylor Historic District and Illinois Medical District.

Tri-Taylor Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Tri-Taylor Historic District is a historic district in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district is primarily residential and includes over 400 buildings.

Illinois Medical District

Neighborhood

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The Illinois Medical District is a special-use zoning district two miles west of the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. The Illinois Medical District consists of 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, a biotechnology business incubator, a raw development area, four major hospitals, two medical universities, and more than 40 health care related facilities.

Pilsen

Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Only a few minutes from the center of Chicago by train, Pilsen is a working-class predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood. Marked by riches in art and historic architecture and occupied by a community that's fiercely proud of where they live, this neighborhood is at once distinctly Chicagoan and something entirely unique.

Western Avenue

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

41.85815° or 41° 51′ 29″ north

Longitude

-87.68392° or 87° 41′ 2″ west

Network

Metra

Open location code

86HJV858+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 706918838

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Western CTA (Pink Line) Station and Western CTA Sencondary Entrance.

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Places to explore: Western Avenue and 18th Street & Oakley.

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