West Englewood, Chicago

#870 among attractions in Chicago

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West Englewood, one of the 77 community areas, is on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. At one time it was known as South Lynne. The boundaries of West Englewood are Garfield Blvd to the north, Racine Ave to the east, the CSX and Norfolk Southern RR tracks to the west, and the Belt Railway of Chicago to the south. Though it is a separate community area, much of the history and culture of the neighborhood is linked directly to the Englewood neighborhood. ()

Area: 3.15 mi²Coordinates: 41°46'41"N, 87°40'0"W

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Southwest Side (West Englewood)Chicago United States

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West Englewood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cornell Square Park, Club DeLisa, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Davis Square Park.

1.7 miN
Park, Beaux-Arts architecture
Cornell Square Park, Chicago
43 min walk • Cornell Square is a public park at 1809 W. 50th Street in the New City community area of Chicago, Illinois. Opened in 1905, the park was one of many planned by the South Park Commission to provide parks in dense, poor South Side neighborhoods. The park was named for Paul Cornell, one of the Commission's board members.
2.4 miNE
Dancing, Nightlife
Club DeLisa, Chicago
61 min walk • The Club DeLisa, also written Delisa or De Lisa, was an African-American nightclub and music venue in Chicago, Illinois.
2.9 miW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago
74 min walk • The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture is located at 6500 S. Pulaski Rd. in Chicago's West Lawn neighborhood, not far from Chicago Midway International Airport.
2.4 miN
Park, Beaux-Arts architecture
Davis Square Park, Chicago
62 min walk • Davis Square is a public park located between 44th and 45th Streets and Marshfield and Hermitage Avenues in the New City community area of Chicago, Illinois. The park opened in 1905 as one of the initial parks in the South Park Commission's plan to build parks in the dense, poor neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side.
2.1 miSW
Archaeological site
Huber Site, Chicago
55 min walk • The Huber Site is located on Tinley Creek 2 miles west of Blue Island in Cook County, Illinois, near the city of Chicago. It is classified as a late Prehistoric site with Upper Mississippian affiliation.
1.4 miNE
Park, Playground
Sherman Park, Chicago
37 min walk • Sherman Park is a sixty-acre park in the New City neighborhood of South Side, Chicago. It was designed by renowned landscape architects John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and celebrated Chicago architect Daniel Burnham.
2 miW
Park
Marquette Park, Chicago
51 min walk • Marquette Park, the largest park on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, at 323 acres, is located at 41.768°N 87.703°W / 41.768; -87.703 in the city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood. The park is named for Father Jacques Marquette.
1.9 miW
Synagogue
Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, Chicago
48 min walk • Beth Shalom, formally Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, is a Black Hebrew Israelite synagogue in Chicago, Illinois. The congregation leader is Rabbi Capers Funnye. Assistant rabbis are Avraham Ben Israel and Joshua V. Salter.
2.6 miSW
Archaeological site
Knoll Spring Site, Chicago
66 min walk • The Knoll Spring site, aka Au Sagaunashke Village, is located in the Sag Valley, Palos Hills, in Cook County, Illinois, near the city of Chicago. It is classified as a late Prehistoric site with Upper Mississippian Huber affiliation.
2.1 miN
Neighbourhood
New City, Chicago
54 min walk • New City is one of Chicago's 77 official community areas, located on the southwest side of the city in the South Side district. It contains the neighborhoods of Canaryville and Back of the Yards.
1.6 miW
Neighbourhood
Chicago Lawn, Chicago
40 min walk • Chicago Lawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the southwest side of the city. Its community neighbors include Gage Park, West Englewood, Ashburn, and West Lawn.