Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School is a Jesuit high school on the near Lower West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the founding school of the Cristo Rey Network and is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

Type: School
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: high school in Illinois, United States

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Mexican Art and Damen station.

National Museum of Mexican Art

Museum

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The National Museum of Mexican Art is a museum featuring Mexican and Chicano art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. National Museum of Mexican Art is situated 1,700 feet north of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.

Damen station

Metro station

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Damen is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line and the Pilsen neighborhood. Damen station is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.

Harrison Park

Park

Photo: Mahir256, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilsen and Illinois Medical District.

Pilsen

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Only a few minutes from the center of Chicago by train, Pilsen is a working-class predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood. Marked by riches in art and historic architecture and occupied by a community that's fiercely proud of where they live, this neighborhood is at once distinctly Chicagoan and something entirely unique.

Illinois Medical District

Neighborhood

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The Illinois Medical District is a special-use zoning district two miles west of the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. The Illinois Medical District consists of 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, a biotechnology business incubator, a raw development area, four major hospitals, two medical universities, and more than 40 health care related facilities.