Louis Anderson Park

Louis Anderson Park is a park in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on South Prairie Avenue. Louis Anderson Park is situated nearby to the sports venue Anderson Park Recreation Building, as well as near Wendell Phillips Academy High School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include South Side Community Art Center and Wendell Phillips Academy High School.

South Side Community Art Center

Arts center

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The South Side Community Art Center is a community art center in Chicago that opened in 1940 with support from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in Illinois. South Side Community Art Center is situated 870 feet southwest of Louis Anderson Park.

Wendell Phillips Academy High School

School

Photo: Steven Kevil, Public domain.

Wendell Phillips Academy High School is a public 4–year high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Wendell Phillips Academy High School is situated 490 feet south of Louis Anderson Park.

Rate Field

Stadium

Photo: Enoch Lai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rate Field is a baseball stadium on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. Rate Field is situated 3,900 feet west of Louis Anderson Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bronzeville and Douglas.

Bronzeville

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Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History 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.

Douglas

Suburb

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

Oakland

Suburb

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Oakland is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago 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 Oakland area was developed between 1872 and 1905.

Louis Anderson Park

Type: Park
Address: 3748 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653
Category: recreation area
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.82603° or 41° 49′ 34″ north

Longitude

-87.62016° or 87° 37′ 13″ west

Operator

Chicago Park District

Named after

Louis B. Anderson

Open location code

86HJR9GH+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 352620818

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Anderson Park Recreation Building and Apostolic Faith Church.

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