Metra Western Avenue Coach Yard
Metra Western Avenue Coach Yard is in Illinois, Midwest. Metra Western Avenue Coach Yard is situated nearby to Smith Park, as well as near the museum Chicago Center for Green Technology.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Read/Write Library and Western Avenue station.
Read/Write Library
Library
The Read/Write Library is "a repository of pamphlets, zines, community plans, oral histories, neighborhood newspapers, literary magazines from CPS schools and state prisons, parish-church and settlement-house cookbooks, self-published poetry and novels, and… Read/Write Library is situated 2,000 feet north of Metra Western Avenue Coach Yard.
Western Avenue station
Railway station
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Western Avenue is a railroad station owned by Metra, located in the West Town community area of Chicago, Illinois near Western Avenue. The station is 2.9 miles away from Union Station, the inbound terminus of the line. Western Avenue station is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Metra Western Avenue Coach Yard.
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Museum
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is a modern art museum serving the Chicago area with an ongoing program of cultural exhibitions, literary events, film screenings, and music recitals. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Metra Western Avenue Coach Yard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ukrainian Village and West Town.
Ukrainian Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ukrainian Village is a Chicago neighborhood located on the near west side of Chicago. Its boundaries are Division Street to the north, Grand Avenue to the south, Western Avenue to the west, and Damen Avenue to the east.
West Town
Suburb
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West Town is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the northwest of the Loop. Much of this area was historically part of Polish Downtown, along Western Avenue, which was then the city's western boundary.
East Garfield Park
Suburb
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East Garfield Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the west of the Loop. Taking its name from the large urban park, Garfield Park, the neighborhood is bordered by the Union Pacific railroad tracks on the north, Arthington and Taylor Streets on the south, Hamlin Avenue and Independence Boulevard to the west, and Rockwell Street to the east.
Metra Western Avenue Coach Yard
- Type: Railway
- Category: transportation
- Location: Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.89254° or 41° 53′ 33″ northLongitude
-87.69562° or 87° 41′ 44″ westOperator
MetraOpen location code
86HJV8V3+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 56468739OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railwayOpenStreetMap feature
railway=yard
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