Rosenwald Court Apartments

Rosenwald Court Apartments is a large apartment building located in the neighborhood of the South Side of , . It is located at East 47th Street and , just one block east of the former Chicago Housing Authority's Robert Taylor Homes site.
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  • Type: Apartment building
  • Description: apartment building in Chicago, Illinois
  • Also known as: “Michigan Bouevard Garden Apartments”, “Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments”, “Rosenwald Apartments”, and “Rosenwald Courts”
  • Address: 4646 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Al Sadiq Mosque and Harold Washington Cultural Center.

Mosque
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The was commissioned in 1922 in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of . The is one of 's earliest built and the oldest standing mosque in the country today. is situated 1,200 feet north of Rosenwald Court Apartments.

Theater building
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is a performance facility located in the historic neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. It was named after Chicago's first African-American Mayor Harold Washington and opened in August 2004, ten years after initial groundbreaking. is situated 2,200 feet east of Rosenwald Court Apartments.

Metro station
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47th is a station on the 's , located in the community area of Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. is situated 1,400 feet east of Rosenwald Court Apartments.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Boulevard and Fuller Park.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. It is located on the of Chicago. The boulevard from which it takes its name is now Martin Luther King Jr.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's South Side, it is 5 miles from the . It is named for a small park also known as within the neighborhood, which is in turn named for Melville Weston Fuller, a Chicago attorney who was the Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910.

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, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of 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.

Rosenwald Court Apartments

Latitude
41.81018° or 41° 48′ 37″ north
Longitude
-87.62367° or 87° 37′ 25″ west
Established
1929
Named after
Julius Rosenwald
Open location code
86HJR96G+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 210528228
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Wiki­data ID
Q6837465
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In Other Languages

From Russian to Swedish—“Rosenwald Court Apartments” goes by many names.
  • Russian: “Апартаменты Курт Розенвальд”
  • Swedish: “Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Omega Missionary Baptist Church and St. Paul Church of God in Christ.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: 47th Street & Michigan and Shawn Michelle’s Homemade Ice Cream.

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