Bronzeville Obelisk
Bronzeville Obelisk is an obelisk in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Bronzeville Obelisk is situated nearby to the metro station 35th–Bronzeville–IIT station, as well as near the government office Chicago Police Department Headquarters.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rate Field and 35th–Bronzeville–IIT station.
Rate Field
Stadium
Photo: Enoch Lai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rate Field is a baseball stadium on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. Rate Field is situated 2,100 feet west of Bronzeville Obelisk.
35th–Bronzeville–IIT station
Metro station
35th–Bronzeville–IIT is an 'L' station on the CTA's Green Line, located in the Douglas community area. It is situated at 16 E 35th Street, just east of State Street. 35th–Bronzeville–IIT station is situated 430 feet north of Bronzeville Obelisk.
Sox–35th station
Railway station
Sox–35th is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is situated at 142 West 35th Street in the Armour Square neighborhood. The station opened on September 28, 1969, along with the other eight stations on the Dan Ryan branch. Sox–35th station is situated 1,200 feet west of Bronzeville Obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Bronzeville.
Douglas
Suburb
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douglas is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the South Side of Chicago. The Douglas community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…
Bronzeville
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.
Armour Square
Suburb
Armour Square is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the city's South Side. It includes Chinatown and the CHA Wentworth Gardens housing project.
Bronzeville Obelisk
- Type: Obelisk
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.83091° or 41° 49′ 51″ northLongitude
-87.62632° or 87° 37′ 35″ westOpen location code
86HJR9JF+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1519749302OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obelisk
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bronzeville Obelisk and Chicago Police Department Headquarters.
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