Parkway Garden Homes
Parkway Gardens Apartment Homes, commonly also known as O Block, is a gated private apartment complex in the Greater Grand Crossing community area on the border of Woodlawn and Washington Park, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois.Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: low-income housing complex in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “‘67 block’”, “O Block”, “O-Block”, “O’Block”, “Parkway Gardens”, and “Parkway Gardens Apartment Homes”
- Address: 6330-6546 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Chicago, IL 60637
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Upper 61st and Lower 63rd Yards and King Drive station.
Upper 61st and Lower 63rd Yards
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
The Upper 61st Yard and the Lower 63rd Yard are two connected rail yards on the Chicago "L" system, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The complex is located on the East 63rd branch, and is used to store and maintain maintenance-of-way equipment. Upper 61st and Lower 63rd Yards is situated 500 feet northwest of Parkway Garden Homes.
King Drive station
Metro station
Photo: zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King Drive station is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is located in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and serves the Green Line's East 63rd branch. King Drive station is situated 1,200 feet north of Parkway Garden Homes.
White City
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
White City was a recreational area located in the Greater Grand Crossing and Woodlawn community areas on the south side of Chicago from 1905 until the 1950s. White City is situated 1,600 feet north of Parkway Garden Homes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodlawn and Washington Park.
Woodlawn
Suburb
Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.
Washington Park
Suburb
Greater Grand Crossing
Suburb
Photo: Southern Foodways Alliance, CC BY 2.0.
Greater Grand Crossing is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the city's South Side.
Parkway Garden Homes
- Category: housing estate
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.77698° or 41° 46′ 37″ northLongitude
-87.61641° or 87° 36′ 59″ westOpen location code
86HJQ9GM+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 231221643OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialWikidata ID
Q20709894
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Parkway Garden Homes” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “公園大到花園”
- Chinese: “百匯花園住宅”
- Chinese: “百汇花园之家”
- Czech: “Parkway Garden Homes”
- German: “Parkway Garden Homes”
- Indonesian: “Parkway Garden Homes”
- Polish: “Parkway Garden Homes”
- Romanian: “Parkway Garden Homes”
- Spanish: “apartamentos de Parkway Gardens”
- Spanish: “Parkway Gardens Apartment Homes”
- “67 block”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parkway Garden Christian Church and New Beginnings Church.
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