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Alliance Française de Chicago

The Alliance Française de Chicago was established in 1897, and is one of the oldest Alliance Française branches in the US. Originally located in the Fine Arts Building on South and currently on Dearborn Avenue, it aims to be "Chicago's French…
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  • Type: Language school
  • Description: French language & cultural center in Illinois
  • Also known as: “Alliance Française Chicago” and “Alliance Française of Chicago”
  • Address: 54 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60610

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Name Cathedral and Newberry Library.

Church
Photo: Gerald Farinas, CC BY 2.5.
in is the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago, one of the largest Catholic dioceses in the . The church serves as the episcopal seat of the current Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase J. is situated 840 feet southeast of Alliance Française de Chicago.

Library
Photo: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an independent research library, specializing in the humanities. It is located in , and has been free and open to the public since 1887. is situated 1,200 feet north of Alliance Française de Chicago.

Shopping center
is a skyscraper in , , , completed in 1989. At 871 feet tall, it is the eleventh tallest building in Chicago as of 2023 and the 59th-tallest in the United States. is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Alliance Française de Chicago.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Near North and River North.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The is the shop-and-awe center of . It's bounded by North Avenue to the north, the Chicago River to the west and south, and Lake Michigan to the east.

Quarter
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is a located north of the , south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the retail and tourism corridor.

Neighborhood
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The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of from the to Oak Street on the Near North Side of , Illinois.

Alliance Française de Chicago

Latitude
41.89692° or 41° 53′ 49″ north
Longitude
-87.63038° or 87° 37′ 49″ west
Levels
2
Operator
Alliance Française
Open location code
86HJV9W9+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 210680066
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­language_school
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Wiki­data ID
Q4732303
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Alliance Française de Chicago” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Victor F. Lawson House YMCA and ONYX.

Nearby Places

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