1700 East 56th Street

1700 East 56th Street, also known as 1700 Building, is a 40-story luxury apartment building overlooking and adjacent to and the in the neighborhood of in , , United States.
  • Type: Apartment building
  • Description: apartment building in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Address: 1700 East 56th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Science and Industry Chicago and Pioneer Zephyr.

Museum
Photo: zooey, CC BY 2.0.
The Museum of Science and Industry is a private, non-profit science museum located in , the neighborhood, , Illinois. It is adjacent to and the University of Chicago campus. is situated 1,100 feet south of 1700 East 56th Street.

Locomotive
The is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, commonly known as the Burlington Route. is situated 740 feet south of 1700 East 56th Street.

Railway station
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55th–56th–57th Street is a commuter rail station in , that serves the Metra Electric Line north to and south to , , and ; and the South Shore Line to and . is situated 1,300 feet west of 1700 East 56th Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hyde Park and Indian Village.

is one of '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…

Neighborhood
is the small southeast corner of , a community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is bounded by Lake Shore Drive to the east, to the north, 51st Street to the south, Harold Washington Park to the southeast, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks used by the South Shore and Metra Electric Lines to the west.

Suburb
is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of 8.5 miles south of . 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.

1700 East 56th Street

Latitude
41.79365° or 41° 47′ 37″ north
Longitude
-87.58321° or 87° 34′ 60″ west
Levels
39
Open location code
86HJQCV8+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 144052868
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Wiki­data ID
Q2808938
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to French—“1700 East 56th Street” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 56號街
  • Dutch: 1700 East 56th Street
  • Egyptian Arabic: 1700 شرق شارع 56
  • French: 1700 East 56th Street

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