Deering Meadow

Deering Meadow is a grassland in , , . Deering Meadow is situated nearby to , as well as near the university building .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Deering Library and Northwestern University Lakefill.

Library
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Charles Deering Memorial Library is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in . Deering served as the university's main library on the Evanston campus from 1933, when it was established, until the construction of the Northwestern University Main Library in 1970.

Park
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The is a large area of Northwestern University land that was reclaimed from in 1962–1964 by creating a seawall of limestone blocks quarried in Illinois and Indiana and using landfill materials from the construction of the Port of Indiana. is situated 830 feet northeast of Deering Meadow.

Arts center
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The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in , . The Block Museum was established in 1980 when art collectors Mary and Leigh B. is situated 1,100 feet east of Deering Meadow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Central Street.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district in , . The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Neighborhood
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is the principal east-west artery in the far north of and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago. is situated 2 miles west of Deering Meadow.

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is 16 miles north of . It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the . It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.

Deering Meadow

Latitude
42.05322° or 42° 3′ 12″ north
Longitude
-87.67639° or 87° 40′ 35″ west
Open location code
86JJ383F+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42702038
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­grass
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