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Oakwood Center

Oakwood Center is a community center in , , which is located on South Vincennes Avenue. Oakwood Center is situated nearby to , as well as near the university .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument and Rate Field.

Monument
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is a bronze and marble public sculpture by artist Richard Hunt. Located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, the sculpture takes its name from a quote by civil rights activist and investigative journalist Ida B. is situated 770 feet northeast of Oakwood Center.

Stadium
Photo: Enoch Lai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a baseball on the of , 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. is situated 1¼ miles west of Oakwood Center.

Arts center
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The is a community art center in that opened in 1940 with support from the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in . is situated 2,900 feet west of Oakwood Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bronzeville and Oakland.

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, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of 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.

Suburb
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, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, , is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the area was developed between 1872 and 1905.

Suburb
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, on the of , is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. , Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government.

Oakwood Center

Latitude
41.82506° or 41° 49′ 30″ north
Longitude
-87.61203° or 87° 36′ 43″ west
Open location code
86HJR9GQ+25
Open­Street­Map ID
way 769714902
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­community_centre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
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Highlights include Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies and Holy Angels Catholic Church.

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