VFW Post
VFW Post is a community center in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on South May Street. VFW Post is situated nearby to Wilson Community Center, as well as near Holy Cross Lutheran Church.- Type: Community center
- Also known as: “Bridgeport VFW Post 5079”, “Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States”, and “VFW”
- Address: 3200 South May Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church and Rate Field.
St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church
Church
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St. Mary of Perpetual Help - historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called Polish Cathedral style of churches in both its opulence and grand scale. St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church is situated 710 feet east of VFW Post.
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 1¼ miles east of VFW Post.
Ramova Theater
Theater building
Photo: Mindaugas Danys, CC BY 2.0.
The Ramova Theater is a historic movie theater at 3508-3518 South Halsted Street in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Businessman Jokūbas Maskoliūnas, one of the many Lithuanian immigrants who settled in Bridgeport in the early twentieth century, built the theater in 1929. Ramova Theater is situated 3,100 feet southeast of VFW Post.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgeport and McKinley Park.
Bridgeport
Suburb
Photo: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridgeport is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago, on the city's South Side, bounded on the north by the South Branch of the Chicago River, on the west by Ashland Avenue, on the south by Pershing Road, on the east by the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, and on the northeast by the Dan Ryan Expressway.
McKinley Park
Suburb
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McKinley Park, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, is located on the city's southwest side.
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.
VFW Post
- Categories: building and commercial building
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.836° or 41° 50′ 10″ northLongitude
-87.65499° or 87° 39′ 18″ westOpen location code
86HJR8PW+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 210169602OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=social_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=commercial
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