West Elsdon, Chicago

#845 among attractions in Chicago

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West Elsdon, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is noted as a twin neighborhood of West Lawn. It has a population which includes a mix of dwindling Polish-American residents and increasing Mexican-American residents who currently constitute a clear majority. It has its own association, "West Elsdon Civic Association," which privately organizes the neighborhood. St. Turibius grade school, a Roman Catholic elementary school, located at 57th and Karlov, closed in 2013 and is currently inactive though the building remains and is adjacent to St. Turibius Roman Catholic church. The former Lourdes Roman Catholic girls' high school located from 55th to 56th street from Komensky to Karlov Avenue is now a Chicago Public Schools magnet high school, John Hancock High School. ()

Area: 1.18 mi²Coordinates: 41°47'38"N, 87°43'28"W

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Nearby attractions include: Ford City Mall, Cornell Square Park, St. Mary of Częstochowa, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture.

2.7 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Ford City Mall, Chicago
70 min walk • Ford City Mall is a shopping center located on the Southwest Side of Chicago in the West Lawn neighborhood at 76th Street and Cicero Avenue. Opened in 1965, Ford City is the largest enclosed mall in Chicago outside of downtown.
2.8 miE
Park, Beaux-Arts architecture
Cornell Square Park, Chicago
72 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.
3.3 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Mary of Częstochowa, Chicago
83 min walk • St. Mary of Częstochowa in Cicero is an historic church of the Archdiocese of Chicago located in Cicero, Illinois. It is a prime example of the Polish Cathedral style of churches in both its opulence and grand scale.
1.3 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago
35 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.
3.2 miNE
Park, Beaux-Arts architecture
Davis Square Park, Chicago
83 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.
3.6 miE
Park, Playground
Sherman Park, Chicago
92 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.
2.1 miSE
Park
Marquette Park, Chicago
54 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.
1.8 miSE
Synagogue
Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, Chicago
47 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.
3.3 miSE
Archaeological site
Knoll Spring Site, Chicago
84 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.
3.6 miE
Neighbourhood
New City, Chicago
93 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.
2.1 miSE
Neighbourhood
Chicago Lawn, Chicago
55 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.