VFW Post
VFW Post is a community center in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on South Archer Avenue. VFW Post is situated nearby to Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church, as well as near Saint Camillus Roman Catholic Church.- Type: Community center
- Also known as: “Rhine VFW Post 2729”, “Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States”, and “VFW”
- Address: 5858 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60638
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Midway station and Kennedy High School.
Midway station
Metro station
Photo: Hied5, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Midway is an 'L' station on the CTA's Orange Line. It is the southwestern terminus of the Orange Line and serves Midway International Airport in Chicago, the city's second-largest airport. Midway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of VFW Post.
Kennedy High School
School
John F. Kennedy High School is a public four-year high school located in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Kennedy High School is situated 1 mile southwest of VFW Post.
Hawthorne Race Course
Stadium
Hawthorne Race Course is a racetrack for horse racing in Stickney, Illinois, near Chicago. The oldest continually run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Hawthorne Race Course is situated 2 miles north of VFW Post.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Stickney and Garfield Ridge.
Central Stickney
Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Stickney is an unincorporated community in Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois, a half mile north of Midway International Airport. It consists of the areas around Central Avenue, between I-55 to the north and 51st Street, its southern boundary; east of Central, the northern boundary is roughly drawn between 47th and 48th Streets.
Garfield Ridge
Suburb
Garfield Ridge is the 56th of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located 10 miles from the Loop, it is on the city's far southwest side. As of 2017, the area had 36,396 inhabitants.
Clearing
Suburb
Clearing, one of the 77 semi-official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The southern portion of Chicago Midway International Airport is located within this community area.
VFW Post
- Categories: building and commercial building
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.7962° or 41° 47′ 46″ northLongitude
-87.76094° or 87° 45′ 39″ westLevels
1Open location code
86HJQ6WQ+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 162508453OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=social_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=commercial
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