Motor Row District
The Motor Row District is a historic district in Chicago's Near South Side community area. Motor Row includes buildings on Michigan Avenue between 2200 and 2500 south, directly west of McCormick Place convention center, and 1444, 1454, 1737, 1925, 2000 S.Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: historic district in Chicago’s Near South Side community area
- Also known as: “Motor Row” and “Motor Row Historic District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chess Records and Wintrust Arena.
Chess Records
Museum
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947.
Wintrust Arena
Stadium
Photo: Swinterroth, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the Near South Side community area of Chicago that opened in 2017.
Quinn Chapel AME Church
Church
Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quinn Chapel AME Church, also known as Quinn Chapel of the A.M.E. Church, houses Chicago's first African-American congregation, formed by seven individuals as a nondenominational prayer group that met in the house of a member in 1844.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Near South and Bridgeport-Chinatown.
Near South
Photo: chicagogeek, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Near South is the home of several of Chicago's main attractions: the splendid Museum Campus, with three world-class natural science museums on the lakefront; Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears; and McCormick Place, the city's massive convention center.
Bridgeport-Chinatown
Photo: Pattie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridgeport-Chinatown is the South Side at its most dynamic, as the old South Side Irish neighborhood of the Daleys increasingly blends with the old Chinese immigrant community to the north.
Armour Square
Suburb
Armour Square is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the city's South Side. It includes Chinatown and the CHA Wentworth Gardens housing project.
Motor Row District
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.85049° or 41° 51′ 2″ northLongitude
-87.62373° or 87° 37′ 25″ westOpen location code
86HJV92G+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 13099765497OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q6918152
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cermak-McCormick Place 23rd St Entrance and McCormick Place Transportation Center.
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