Touhy Avenue, Chicago

#526 among attractions in Chicago

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Touhy Avenue is a major street throughout northern Chicago, Illinois as well as the north and northwestern suburbs of the city. It is named for Patrick L. Touhy, a subdivider who was also the son-in-law of Phillip Rogers, an early settler who helped develop Rogers Park. Points of interest along Touhy Avenue include Loyola Park, the Winston Towers, the Lincolnwood Town Center, Lincolnwood Produce & Grocery, Loeber Motors, Hebrew Theological College, Village Crossing Shopping Center, Pointe Plaza, the Shure Headquarters Building, the Leaning Tower YMCA, the Pickwick Theatre, and the northern end of O'Hare International Airport. ()

Coordinates: 42°0'43"N, 87°45'2"W

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LincolnwoodChicago United States

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Touhy Avenue – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Queen of All Saints Basilica, Skokie Public Library, Emily Oaks Nature Center, Lincolnwood.

1.2 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Queen of All Saints Basilica, Chicago
31 min walk • Queen of All Saints Basilica is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 6280 North Sauganash Avenue in Chicago's upper middle-class Sauganash neighborhood. Along with St.
1 miN
Cinema, Bookshop, Library
Skokie Public Library, Skokie
27 min walk • Skokie Public Library has been serving the community of Skokie, Illinois, since 1929. In 2008, the library received the National Medal for Museum and Library Service for outstanding community service.
0.7 miNE
42°1'16"N • 87°44'42"W
Emily Oaks Nature Center, Skokie
18 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park
1 miSE
Village, Area
Lincolnwood, Chicago
26 min walk • Lincolnwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,590 at the 2010 census. An inner suburb of Chicago, it shares its southern, eastern, and a small section of its western boundary with Chicago, also bordering Skokie to the north and west.
1.2 miW
Church
St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church, Chicago
32 min walk • St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church is a parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago located at 7033 North Moselle Avenue in the Edgebrook neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
1.5 miSW
Neighbourhood
Old Edgebrook District, Chicago
38 min walk • Old Edgebrook is a historic district and neighborhood in the Forest Glen community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located between Central and Devon Avenues and the Edgebrook Golf Course. It is surrounded on all sides by Cook County Forest Preserves.
1.3 miS
Neighbourhood
Forest Glen, Chicago
34 min walk • Forest Glen is one of the 77 official city community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's Northwest Side. It comprises the neighborhoods of Forest Glen, Edgebrook and Sauganash, with sub-neighborhoods of Sauganash Park, Wildwood, North Edgebrook and Old Edgebrook.
0.8 miNW
Universities and schools
Chicago ORT Technical Institute, Skokie
20 min walk • Chicago ORT Technical Institute, located in Skokie, Illinois, is part of a 130-year-old, worldwide network of more than 800 non-profit vocational training schools.