Michael Galvin Tower

Michael Galvin Tower is a university building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, which is located on West 35th Street. Michael Galvin Tower is situated near Bronzeville Obelisk, as well as near the railway station 35th-Bronzeville-IIT CTA Station.

Type: University building
Also known as: “IIT Tower”
Address: 10 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60616

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 1,900 feet west of Michael Galvin Tower.

35th–Bronzeville–IIT station

Metro station

Photo: zol87, CC BY 3.0.

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 northeast of Michael Galvin Tower.

Sox–35th station

Railway station

Photo: zol87, CC BY 3.0.

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 940 feet west of Michael Galvin Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Douglas and Armour Square.

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…

Armour Square

Suburb

Photo: lordcolus, CC BY 2.0.

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

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.

Michael Galvin Tower

Categories: building and education
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.83139° or 41° 49′ 53″ north

Longitude

-87.62723° or 87° 37′ 38″ west

Levels

Open location code

86HJR9JF+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 157657414

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bronzeville Obelisk and 35th-Bronzeville-IIT CTA Station.

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Places to explore: Tech South and State St & 35th St.

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