Dinah Washington Park, Chicago

#556 among attractions in Chicago

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Dinah Washington Park is a park located at 8215 S. Euclid Avenue in the South Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was named for singer and Chicago resident Dinah Washington. It is one of four Chicago Park District parks named after persons surnamed Washington. It is one of 40 Chicago Park District parks named after influential African Americans. ()

Elevation: 597 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°44'44"N, 87°34'36"W

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8213 South Euclid AvenueFar Southeast Side (South Chicago)Chicago United States

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Dinah Washington Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mosque Maryam, New Regal Theater, Bessemer Park, ETA Creative Arts Foundation.

1.1 miN
Mosque
Mosque Maryam, Chicago
30 min walk • Mosque Maryam, also known as Muhammad Mosque #2 or Temple #2, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood. Louis Farrakhan's headquarters are in the premises.
0.5 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
New Regal Theater, Chicago
14 min walk • The Avalon Regal Theater is a music hall located at 1641 East 79th Street, bordered by the Avalon Park and South Shore neighborhoods on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is a noted venue for African-American performers. The theater opened in August 1927.
1.4 miSE
Park
Bessemer Park, Chicago
35 min walk • Bessemer Park is a public park in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Created in 1904, it was named for Henry Bessemer, the inventor of the eponymous steelmaking process. The name is appropriate, since Chicago's most productive steel mill, the U.S. Steel Southworks, was located just a mile away.
1.2 miNW
Museum, Art museum, Theater
ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Chicago
31 min walk • ETA Creative Arts Foundation, founded in 1971, is an African-American theatre and art museum in Chicago.
1.7 miSE
Monuments and statues
Drake Fountain, Chicago
44 min walk • The Drake Fountain, also known as the Columbus Monument, is located on a triangular site bounded by 92nd Street, South Chicago Avenue and Exchange Avenue in the Chicago neighborhood known as South Chicago.
1.1 miS
Neighbourhood
Calumet Heights, Chicago
29 min walk • Calumet Heights, located on the South Side of the city, is one of the 77 well defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Calumet Heights is bounded by 87th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south.
1.1 miN
Beach
South Shore, Chicago
30 min walk • South Shore is one of 77 defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. A predominantly African-American neighborhood on the city's South Side, the area is named for its location along the city's southern lakefront.
1.4 miNW
Park, Beaux-Arts architecture
Grand Crossing Park, Chicago
37 min walk • Grand Crossing Park is a public park at 7655 S. Ingleside Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
1.2 miS
Street
Stony Island Avenue, Chicago
31 min walk • Stony Island Avenue is a major street on South Side of the city of Chicago, designated 1600 East in Chicago's street numbering system. It runs from 56th Street south to the Calumet River.