Edgewater
District of Chicago
Illinois - United States

Essanay Studios

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.

Located at 41.9726, -87.6638 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, Companies established in 1907, Defunct American film studios, Film production companies of the United States, Film distributors, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, American silent films by studio, Culture of Fremont, California, Defunct companies based in Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco Bay Area cinema

Bryn Mawr Historic District

The Bryn Mawr Historic District is on the lakefront of the Edgewater neighborhood of far-north Chicago in Illinois, USA. It extends along Bryn Mawr Avenue between Broadway Avenue and Sheridan Road. Its most prominent features are the Belle Shore Apartment Hotel, Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel, Edgewater Beach Apartments, Edgewater Presbyterian Church, Manor House and the northernmost area of Lincoln Park.

Located at 41.9837, -87.6575 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois, Historic districts in Chicago, Illinois

Belle Shore Apartment Hotel

The Belle Shore Apartment Hotel is a building of the Bryn Mawr Historic District in the far-north community area of Edgewater in Chicago, Illinois. Located on West Bryn Mawr Avenue, it is across the road from the Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel. It was declared a historic Chicago Landmark by the Chicago City Council.

Located at 41.9838, -87.6576 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, Residential buildings completed in 1929, Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, Apartment buildings in Chicago, Illinois, Art Deco architecture in Illinois

Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel

The Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel is a 12-story building in the Bryn Mawr Historic District in far-north neighborhood community of Edgewater in Chicago, Illinois. Located on North Kenmore Avenue, it is across the road from the Belle Shore Apartment Hotel. It was declared a historic Chicago Landmark by the Chicago City Council.

Located at 41.9835, -87.6569 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, Residential buildings completed in 1928, Apartment buildings in Chicago, Illinois

Joseph J. Gentile Arena

The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, also known as the Joseph J. Gentile Center, is a 4,486-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. The arena opened in 1996. It is the home of the Loyola Ramblers men's and women's basketball programs. Renovations at the facility began in the summer of 2011. On March 3, 2011, the $26 million Norville Center for Intercollegiate Athletics opened adjacent to the Gentile Arena.

Located at 42.0006, -87.6589 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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College basketball venues in the United States, Sports venues in Chicago, Illinois, Indoor arenas in the United States, Loyola Ramblers basketball, Loyola University Chicago

Alumni Gym (Loyola University Chicago)

Alumni Gym was a 2,000 capacity structure on the campus of Loyola University Chicago. It served as the home of the Loyola Ramblers Men's and Women's Volleyball programs, as well as the Loyola University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. It is the former home of the Loyola Ramblers basketball team, which last played in Alumni Gym in 1996. The basketball team moved to the 5200-seat Joseph J. Gentile Center at the beginning of the 1996-97 season.

Located at 42.0004, -87.6598 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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College volleyball venues in the United States, Sports venues in Chicago, Illinois, Loyola Ramblers basketball, Defunct college basketball venues in the United States

Granville (CTA station)

Granville is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, part of the Chicago 'L' metro system. It is located at 1119 West Granville Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 6200 north, 1200 west). It is in the Edgewater neighborhood, close to the Rogers Park border. From Granville, trains take 36 minutes to reach the Chicago Loop.

Located at 41.9937, -87.6591 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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CTA Red Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1908

Berwyn (CTA station)

Berwyn is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue (directional coordinates 5300 north, 1200 west) in the southern part of the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about ⁄8 miles to the north, and Argyle, about ⁄3 miles to the south.

Located at 41.9778, -87.6587 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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CTA Red Line stations

Loyola (CTA station)

Loyola is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, served by the Red Line. It is located at 1200 West Loyola Avenue (directional coordinates 6550 north, 1200 west) in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station sees heavy use by students from its nearby namesake, the Lakeshore Campus of Loyola University Chicago. The Red Line right-of-way runs directly through the southwest corner of the campus.

Located at 42.0011, -87.661 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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CTA Red Line stations, Loyola University Chicago, Railway stations opened in 1908

Argyle (CTA station)

Argyle is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system. It is situated between the Berwyn and Lawrence stations on the Red Line, which runs from Rogers Park at Chicago's northern city limits, through downtown Chicago, to Roseland. It is an elevated station with a single island platform located at 1118 West Argyle Street in the West Argyle Street Historic District of Chicago's Uptown community area.

Located at 41.9734, -87.6586 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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CTA Red Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1908

Thorndale (CTA station)

Thorndale is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is an elevated station located at 1118 West Thorndale Avenue (directional coordinates 5900 north, 1200 west) in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Granville, located about one quarter mile to the north, and Bryn Mawr, about one half mile to the south.

Located at 41.9901, -87.6591 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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CTA Red Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1915

Bryn Mawr (CTA station)

Bryn Mawr is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is an elevated station located at 1119 West Bryn Mawr Avenue (directional coordinates 5600 north, 1200 west) in the Bryn Mawr Historic District of the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Thorndale, located about one half mile to the north, and Berwyn, about three eighths of a mile to the south.

Located at 41.9836, -87.6589 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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CTA Red Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1908

Lawrence (CTA station)

Lawrence is an 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line. It is an elevated station located at 1117 West Lawrence Avenue (directional coordinates 4800 north, 1200 west) in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Argyle, located about ⁄3 miles to the north, and Wilson, about ⁄4 miles to the south.

Located at 41.9691, -87.6585 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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CTA Red Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1923

St. Gregory the Great High School

St. Gregory the Great High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

Located at 41.9831, -87.6714 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Private high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Illinois, Educational institutions established in 1937

Bachman House

The Bachman House is a house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 1244 W. Carmen Ave. The house was built between 1947 and 1948 by Bruce Goff. Architect Bruce Goff created a neighborhood sensation in 1948, when he remodeled a modest wood house (built in 1889) into the home and studio for recording engineer Myron Bachman. The window openings were changed and an exterior cladding of brick and corrugated aluminum was added.

Located at 41.9748, -87.6617 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1948, Houses in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois

Colvin House

The Colvin House is a house at 5940 North Sheridan Road in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1909 by George W. Maher. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 5, 1994. This residence was built for Edwin M. Colvin, his wife Clara and their four children. Colvin moved to Chicago in 1885 and worked in the printing industry, ultimately becoming an executive with F.W. Hall Printing Company.

Located at 41.9904, -87.6558 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1909, Houses in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois

Gauler Twin Houses

The Gauler Twin Houses are two identical Prairie style houses located at 5917 and 5921 North Magnolia Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The houses were built in 1908 by Walter Burley Griffin. They were designated a Chicago Landmark on June 28, 2000.

Located at 41.9897, -87.6613 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1908, Houses in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois, Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois

Kinetic Playground

The Kinetic Playground was a short-lived nightclub located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The club was opened on April 3, 1968 as the Electric Theater by Aaron Russo and was located at 4812 N. Clark Street (NW corner of Clark and Lawrence). The building was constructed in 1928 and at one time included a dance hall, entertainment center, and ice and roller skating rinks, all known as Rainbo Gardens.

Located at 41.9693, -87.6677 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, Former music venues, Nightclubs in Chicago, Illinois, 1968 establishments

Park Tower Condominium (Chicago)

Park Tower Condominium is a lakefront high-rise residential building located at 5415 North Sheridan Road, in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. Constructed in 1973, the tower is 55 stories tall total and 513 feet high (the 2nd tallest structure outside of downtown Chicago). It is one of the largest all-residential buildings in Chicago. Designed by Chicago architectural firm Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates, the building was originally planned to be part of a 3-tower complex.

Located at 41.9803, -87.6547 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Residential condominiums in Chicago, Illinois, Residential skyscrapers in Chicago, Illinois, Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters, Residential buildings completed in 1973

Aragon Ballroom (Chicago)

The Aragon Ballroom is the name of a ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. Located on West Lawrence Avenue approximately five miles (8 km) north of downtown in the Uptown neighborhood, it was built in 1926 and designed in the Moorish architectural style with the interior resembling a Spanish village and named for an autonomous community of Spain, the Aragon was extravagantly appointed. The hall was an immediate success, and remained a popular Chicago attraction through the 1940s.

Located at 41.9695, -87.6581 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Nightclubs in Chicago, Illinois, Music venues in Chicago, Illinois, Dance venues in the United States, Ballrooms in the United States, Moorish Revival architecture in Illinois, 1926 establishments in the United States

Koval Distillery

Koval Distillery is a craft distillery located in Chicago, Illinois (established in 2008). It is the first distillery within Chicago's city limits since Prohibition. Koval's founders, Robert and Sonat Birnecker, left academic careers to found the distillery, aiming to bring the distilling traditions and techniques of Robert’s Austrian grandfather to America.

Located at 41.9767, -87.6778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Companies based in Chicago, Illinois, Distilleries in the United States

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago (Loyola, LUC) is a private Jesuit university located in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus in 1870 under the name of "St. Ignatius College", and has grown to be the largest Jesuit university in the United States with a total enrollment of 15,068 (as of 2013) and over 150,000 alumni.

Located at 41.9999, -87.6578 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Loyola University Chicago, Jesuit universities and colleges in the United States, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the United States, Universities and colleges in Chicago, Illinois, Universities and colleges in Illinois, Educational institutions established in 1870, Buildings with sculpture by Corrado Parducci, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities members, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

Buddhist Temple of Chicago

The Buddhist Temple of Chicago (BTC) was founded in October 1944 by Gyomay Kubose, a minister of the Higashi Honganji branch of the Jōdo Shinshū (“Pure Land True Essence”) sect, along with several laypeople who had been released from the Japanese American internment camps. Although the temple is administratively independent, the teaching lineage reflects the progressive Jōdo Shinshū thought of Manshi Kiyozawa and his student, Haya Akegarasu, who was Kubose’s teacher.

Located at 41.9673, -87.6584 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Buddhist temples in the United States, Places of worship in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Jewish Day School

Chicago Jewish Day School (CJDS) is a multi-denominational Jewish day school. It serves approximately 160 students from junior kindergarten to 8th grade from all Jewish backgrounds.

Located at 41.9905, -87.6547 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Jewish schools in the United States, Educational institutions established in 2003

Mountain Moving Coffeehouse

The Mountain Moving Coffeehouse for Womyn and Children was a feminist venue located in Chicago that operated for thirty-one years, from 1974 until 2005. The name of the organization evokes the political task that feminists must "move the mountains" of institutional sexism and homophobia. The "coffeehouse" was a once-a-week Saturday night gathering, held at a rented space in a local Unitarian church, that presented woman-identified music and entertainment by and for lesbians and feminists.

Located at 41.9773, -87.6723 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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1974 establishments in the United States, 2005 disestablishments in the United States, Coffee houses of the United States, Defunct organizations of the United States, Feminism and transgender topics, Feminist collectives, Feminist organizations in the United States, Lesbian collectives, Lesbian feminist organizations, Lesbian organizations in the United States, LGBT culture in Chicago, Illinois, Organizations based in Chicago, Illinois, Radical feminist organizations, Women in Illinois, Women only space, Women's music, Women's organizations in the United States