Victor F. Lawson House YMCA

The Victor F. Lawson House is a historic former YMCA building located at 30 W. Chicago Avenue in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

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Type: Apartment building
Description: building in Chicago, United States
Also known as: “Lawson House Apartments” and “Lawson House YMCA”
Address: 30 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60610

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Holy Name Cathedral and 900 North Michigan.

Holy Name Cathedral

Church

Photo: Gerald Farinas, CC BY 2.5.

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Chicago, one of the largest Catholic dioceses in the United States. The church serves as the episcopal church of the Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase J. Holy Name Cathedral is situated 600 feet southeast of Victor F. Lawson House YMCA.

900 North Michigan

Shopping center

900 North Michigan is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, U.S, 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. 900 North Michigan is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Victor F. Lawson House YMCA.

Chicago station

Metro station

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Chicago is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line. It serves a significant portion of the Near North Side and Streeterville neighborhoods. With over 5.25 million overall boardings in 2014, it is the busiest station on the Red Line north of the Loop. Chicago station is situated 340 feet east of Victor F. Lawson House YMCA.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Along the Magnificent Mile and Near North.

Along the Magnificent Mile

Neighborhood

Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.

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

Near North

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The Near North is the shop-and-awe center of Chicago. It's bounded by North Avenue to the north, the Chicago River to the west and south, and Lake Michigan to the east.

River North

Quarter

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River North is a Chicago neighborhood located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail and tourism corridor.

Victor F. Lawson House YMCA

Categories: building and residential building
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.89694° or 41° 53′ 49″ north

Longitude

-87.62939° or 87° 37′ 46″ west

Elevation

591 feet (180 metres)

Levels

Named after

Victor Lawson

Open location code

86HJV9WC+Q6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 210680545

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

Wikidata ID

Q54952525

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Life Time and Alliance Française de Chicago.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Dearborn & Chicago and Philz Coffee.

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Worth a closer look: Loop and Near North.

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