Lorraine Hansberry Apartments

Lorraine Hansberry Apartments is an apartment building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on West Lake Street. Lorraine Hansberry Apartments is situated nearby to the fire station Chicago Fire Department Engine Company 96, as well as near the sports venue Austin Town Hall.

Type: Apartment building
Also known as: “Parkside Apartments”
Address: 5670 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60644

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Austin Town Hall Park and Central station.

Austin Town Hall Park

Park

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Austin Town Hall Park is a park at 5610 W. Lake Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The site was formerly used for the town hall of Cicero Township.

Central station

Metro station

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Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system and is located at 350 North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West side. Central station is situated 470 feet southeast of Lorraine Hansberry Apartments.

Third Unitarian Church

Place of worship

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The Third Unitarian Church is a Unitarian Universalist church in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was founded in November 1868. Because of its pioneering architecture for its day, it has become much of a landmark in Chicago, and is now an official landmark. Third Unitarian Church is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Lorraine Hansberry Apartments.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Austin and Far West Side.

Austin

Suburb

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Austin is one of the 77 officially-designated community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's West Side, it is the third-largest community area by population and the second-largest geographically.

Far West Side

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Chicago's Far West Side is best known for being impoverished and crime-ridden, but it has at least one major attraction as well as some fabulous parks, vibrant immigrant communities, and blues legends.