Lawless Gardens

Lawless Gardens is a residential area in , , , which is located on South Rhodes Avenue. Lawless Gardens is situated near , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Victory Monument and Ida B. Wells Homes.

Memorial
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Erected in 1927, the is a bronze and granite sculptural monument, based on a concept by John A. Nyden and sculpted by Leonard Crunelle. is situated 720 feet northwest of Lawless Gardens.

Memorial
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The , which also included the Clarence Darrow Homes and Madden Park Homes, was a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project in the neighborhood on the of , , bordered by 35th Street to the north, Pershing Road to the south, Cottage Grove Avenue to the east, and Martin Luther King Drive to the west. is situated 800 feet southwest of Lawless Gardens.

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The is a historic insurance building located at 3501 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in the community area of , . is situated 640 feet northwest of Lawless Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bronzeville and Douglas.

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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.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States, located on the of Chicago. The community area stretches from 26th Street, south to Pershing Road along the Lake Shore, including parts of the Green Line, along…

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. It is located on the South Side of Chicago. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the area was developed between 1872 and 1905.

Lawless Gardens

Latitude
41.82934° or 41° 49′ 46″ north
Longitude
-87.6153° or 87° 36′ 55″ west
Named after
Theodore K. Lawless
Open location code
86HJR9HM+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 231532277
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Martin Roche–John Tait House and Ida B. Wells-Barnett House.

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Places to explore: Lawless Gardens 2 and Lawless Gardens 3.

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