Metra Consolidated Control Facility

Metra Consolidated Control Facility is an industrial building in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on South Canal Street. Metra Consolidated Control Facility is situated nearby to the bridge Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad, as well as near St. Charles Air Line Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Soldier Field and Chess Records.

Soldier Field

Stadium

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Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer since 2020. Soldier Field is situated 1¼ miles east of Metra Consolidated Control Facility.

Chess Records

Museum

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Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947. Chess Records is situated 1 mile southeast of Metra Consolidated Control Facility.

The Field Museum of Natural History

Museum

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The Field Museum of Natural History is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The Field Museum of Natural History is situated 1¼ miles east of Metra Consolidated Control Facility.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dearborn Park and South Loop.

Dearborn Park

Neighborhood

Dearborn Park is a residential Chicago neighborhood in South Loop. It is part of the Loop and Near South Side community areas of Chicago, and has a public park of the same name.

South Loop

Quarter

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South Loop is a Chicago neighborhood south of the Loop. The South Branch of the Chicago River flows through it. Chinatown is adjacent to the southwest, and Museum Campus is to its east.

Bridgeport-Chinatown

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Bridgeport-Chinatown is the South Side at its most dynamic, as the old South Side Irish neighborhood of the Daleys increasingly blends with the old Chinese immigrant community to the north.

Metra Consolidated Control Facility

Type: Industrial building
Address: 1501 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Categories: building and industry
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.86164° or 41° 51′ 42″ north

Longitude

-87.63871° or 87° 38′ 19″ west

Levels

Open location code

86HJV966+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 210542460

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

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