Club DeLisa, Chicago

#292 among attractions in Chicago

Dancing, Nightlife

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The Club DeLisa, also written Delisa or De Lisa, was an African-American nightclub and music venue in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 5521 South State Street, it was possibly the most prestigious venue in the city, together with the Regal Theater and the Rhumboogie Café, the 800–seat Club DeLisa played a key role in the city's association with jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and soul music. It closed in February 1958, but was re-opened as The Club in 1966. ()

Coordinates: 41°47'39"N, 87°37'33"W

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South Side (Washington Park)Chicago United States

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Club DeLisa – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fountain of Time, Washington Park, DuSable Museum of African American History, Harold Washington Cultural Center.

1.1 miSE
Monuments and statues, Fountain
Fountain of Time, Chicago
28 min walk • Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, measuring 126 feet 10 inches in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
0.7 miE
Park, Baseball field
Washington Park, Chicago
20 min walk • Washington Park is a 372-acre park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, located at 5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr. in the Washington Park community area on the South Side of Chicago. It was named for President George Washington in 1880.
0.9 miE
Museum, History museum
DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago
24 min walk • The DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago is dedicated to the study and conservation of African-American history, culture, and art.
1.1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Harold Washington Cultural Center, Chicago
30 min walk • Harold Washington Cultural Center is a performance facility located in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago's South Side.
1.6 miSE
Church
Cosmopolitan Church Of Prayer, Chicago
42 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.
1.2 miE
Library
John Crerar Library, Chicago
31 min walk • The John Crerar Library is a research library, which after a long history of independent operations, is now operated by the University of Chicago.
1.2 miE
Monuments and statues
Mother & Child, Chicago
32 min walk • Mother & Child is an abstract sculpture by Sorel Etrog.
1.4 miSE
Neoclassical architecture
Washington Park National Bank Building, Chicago
36 min walk • The Washington Park National Bank Building is a Neoclassical building at 6300 S. Cottage Grove in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. It was designed by Albert A. Schwartz and was completed in 1924. Initial plans, unveiled in 1922, called for a nine story building, designed by Albert A. Schwartz, with work to begin in August 1922.
1.4 miSE
Neoclassical architecture
Strand Hotel, Chicago
37 min walk • The Strand Hotel is a historic apartment hotel at 6315-6323 S. Cottage Grove Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Opened in 1915, the hotel offered both traditional guest rooms and long-term residences for customers who sought luxury amenities in apartment-style housing.
1.4 miSW
41°46'49"N • 87°38'46"W
Englewood Square, Chicago
37 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
0.4 miE
Neighbourhood
Washington Park , Chicago
11 min walk • Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre park of the same name, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.