Chatham, Chicago

Name: Chatham
Address: Chicago, United States

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Chatham is one of the 77 community areas of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the city's South Side. It includes the neighborhoods of Chatham-Avalon, Chatham Club, Chesterfield, East Chatham, West Chatham and the northern portion of West Chesterfield. Its residents are predominantly African American, and it is home to former Senator Roland Burris. Housing many city employees and other officials, Chatham has been a central area for Chicago's middle-class African Americans since the late 1950s. ()

Area: 2.97 mi²Coordinates: 41°44'28"N, 87°36'45"W

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Far Southeast Side (Chatham)Chicago United States

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Nearby attractions include: Oak Woods Cemetery, Mosque Maryam, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Cosmopolitan Church Of Prayer.

2.1 miN
Cemetery
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
54 min walk • Oak Woods Cemetery is a large lawn cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 1035 E. 67th Street, in the Greater Grand Crossing area of Chicago's South Side. Established 169 years ago on February 12, 1853, it covers 183 acres.
2 miNE
Mosque
Mosque Maryam, Chicago
51 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.
2.1 miSW
Library
Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Chicago
54 min walk • Carter G. Woodson Regional Library is one of two regional libraries in the Chicago Public Library system in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, serving as the hub for the approximately 24 branch libraries of the South District.
2.5 miN
Church
Cosmopolitan Church Of Prayer, Chicago
65 min walk • Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer is a Chicago church founded by gospel singer and pastor Charles G. Hayes. The address is 842 East 65th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
1.6 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
New Regal Theater, Chicago
43 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.
1.7 miSW
Church
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago
44 min walk • Trinity United Church of Christ is a predominantly African-American church with more than 8,500 members. It is located in the Washington Heights community on the South Side of Chicago.
1.8 miSE
Museum, Children's museum
Bronzeville Children's Museum, Chicago
46 min walk • Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in the Calumet Heights community area of the South Side of Chicago. It is the first and only African American children's museum in the United States.
1.5 miNE
Museum, Art museum, Theater
ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Chicago
38 min walk • ETA Creative Arts Foundation, founded in 1971, is an African-American theatre and art museum in Chicago.
1.9 miE
Park
Dinah Washington Park, Chicago
48 min walk • 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.
2.2 miE
Neighbourhood
Calumet Heights, Chicago
57 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.
1.3 miNE
Park, Beaux-Arts architecture
Grand Crossing Park, Chicago
33 min walk • Grand Crossing Park is a public park at 7655 S. Ingleside Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.