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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (U of C, UC, UChicago, or simply Chicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The University consists of the College of the University of Chicago, various graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees organized into four divisions, six professional schools, and a school of continuing education. The University enrolls approximately 5,000 students in the College and about 15,000 students overall.

Located at 41.7897, -87.5997 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Association of American Universities, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Educational institutions established in 1890, Gothic Revival architecture in Illinois, Institutions founded by the Rockefeller family, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities members, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, University of Chicago

Enrico Fermi Institute

The Institute for Nuclear Studies was founded September 1945 as part of the University of Chicago with Samuel King Allison as director. On November 20, 1955 it was renamed The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies. The name was shortened to The Enrico Fermi Institute (EFI) in January 1968.

Located at 41.7919, -87.6017 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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University of Chicago, Nuclear research centers, Research institutes in the United States, Organizations established in 1945

Regenstein Library

The Joseph Regenstein Library is the main library of the University of Chicago, named after industrialist and philanthropist Joseph Regenstein. Holding 10.7 million volumes, it is one of the largest repositories of books in the world, and is noted for its brutalist architecture.

Located at 41.7922, -87.5998 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Library buildings completed in 1970, Brutalist architecture in the United States, Libraries in Illinois, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill buildings, University and college academic libraries in the United States, University of Chicago Library

WHPK-FM

WHPK is an American radio station based in Hyde Park on the of South Side of Chicago, established in 1968. The station is owned by the University of Chicago, and operated by volunteer students and community members. WHPK's station manager and program director are elected by the station's student members and must be students themselves. The station's broadcast engineer is paid by the university.

Located at 41.794, -87.599 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Radio stations established in 1968, Radio stations in Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, College radio stations in Illinois

Chicago Theological Seminary

The Chicago Theological Seminary is a seminary of the United Church of Christ in Chicago, USA. It trains women and men through Master of Divinity (M. Div. ), Master of Arts in Religious Studies (M.A. ), Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M. ), Master of Arts in Religious Leadership (M.A.R.L. ), Doctor of Ministry (D. Min. ), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. ) programs.

Located at 41.7898, -87.5976 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Christianity in Chicago, Illinois, Universities and colleges in Chicago, Illinois, Reformed church seminaries and theological colleges, Seminaries and theological colleges in Illinois, Universities and colleges affiliated with the United Church of Christ, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Educational institutions established in 1855

Stagg Field

Amos Alonzo Stagg Field is the name of two different football fields for the University of Chicago. The earliest Stagg Field is probably best remembered for its role in a landmark scientific achievement by Enrico Fermi during the Manhattan Project. The site of the first nuclear reaction received designation as a National Historic Landmark on February 18, 1965.

Located at 41.7939, -87.6039 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Chicago Maroons football, College football venues, Defunct college football venues, Defunct American football venues, Sports venues in Chicago, Illinois

Seminary Co-op

Seminary Cooperative Bookstores, Inc. , founded in 1961, is a cooperative bookstore with three branches in the Chicago area. Its flagship, known colloquially as the Seminary Co-op or simply the Sem Co-op, is located in the basement of the Chicago Theological Seminary, next to the campus of the University of Chicago, and stocks the largest selection of academic volumes in the United States throughout an extensive maze of shelves.

Located at 41.7902, -87.5977 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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University of Chicago, Cooperatives in the United States, Bookstores of the United States, Independent bookstores of the United States

Quadrangle Club (University of Chicago)

The Quadrangle Club is the name of a membership club at the University of Chicago. It is located at 1155 East 57th Street (the southeast corner of 57th Street and University Avenue) in Chicago. It has a full-service dining room, a bar, several lounges, and sleeping quarters for members and/or their guests. It has 17 sleeping rooms, including 5 suites with an extra sitting room. It is one of the few locations in the city of Chicago that has Har-Tru (clay) tennis courts.

Located at 41.7912, -87.5976 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Faculty clubs

Hutchinson Hall

Hutchinson Hall (also known as Hutchinson Commons) at the University of Chicago is modelled, nearly identically, on the hall of Christ Church, one of Oxford University's constituent colleges. It is located at 5700 S. University Avenue in Chicago, Illinois and is currently used as a dining hall and lounge for students and professors. The Harry Potter film series has used the original hall at Christ Church in each of its films, hence imparting a tourist interest in its American replicate.

Located at 41.791, -87.5987 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago

Gerald Ratner Athletics Center

The Gerald Ratner Athletics Center is a $51 million athletics facility within the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. The building was named after University of Chicago alumnus, Gerald Ratner. The architect of this suspension structure that is supported by masts, cables and counterweights was César Pelli, who is best known as the architect of the Petronas Towers.

Located at 41.7941, -87.6018 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Sports venues in Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Modernist architecture in Illinois, High-tech architecture, Suspension structures, Postmodern architecture in the United States, Sports venues completed in 2003

Franke Institute for the Humanities

The Franke Institute for the Humanities is located in Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago. It promotes sharp, rigorous scholarship in the humanities and social sciences by sponsoring research fellows, organizing talks, workshops, and conferences, and attracting participants from the university, the city of Chicago, and a global community of artists, academics, and other interested audiences. The institute is named for Barbara E. and Richard J.

Located at 41.792, -87.5997 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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1990 establishments in the United States, Humanities institutes, Research institutes in the United States

Smart Museum of Art

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The permanent collection of over 10,000 objects includes works by Francisco Goya, Frank Lloyd Wright, Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Ansel Adams, and Mark Rothko. Admission is free. The Smart Museum and the adjacent Cochrane-Woods Art Center were designed by the architect Edward Larrabee Barnes.

Located at 41.7935, -87.6002 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Museums in Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, University museums in Illinois, Art museums in Illinois, Art museums and galleries in Chicago, Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, Art museums established in 1974, 1974 establishments in the United States

Savoy Ballroom (Chicago)

The Savoy Ballroom in Chicago, United States was opened on Thanksgiving Eve, November 23, 1927 at 4733 South Parkway. Originally featuring primarily Jazz artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Stan Kenton, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Krupa, Woody Herman, the Savoy also hosted other activities, such as boxing, figure skating, and basketball exhibitions featuring the Savoy Big Five, who would later change their name to the Harlem Globetrotters.

Located at 41.8092, -87.6159 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Nightclubs in Chicago, Illinois

KAM Isaiah Israel

KAM Isaiah Israel is the oldest Jewish congregation in Chicago, with its oldest core founded in 1847 as Kehilath Anshe Ma'arav ("Congregation of the Men of the West", probably referring to the Middle-west, abbreviated as KAM). In 1922, KAM moved from its Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler designed temple in Bronzeville to a private residence in Hyde Park. The former temple became the Pilgrim Baptist Church and was the birthplace of Gospel music.

Located at 41.8026, -87.5986 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Synagogues in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, Religious organizations established in 1847, Neo-Byzantine synagogues, Religious buildings completed in 1924, 20th-century synagogues, Reform synagogues in the United States

Hales Franciscan High School

Hales Franciscan High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

Located at 41.805, -87.6069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Private high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Illinois, Boys' schools in the United States

Keck-Gottschalk-Keck Apartments

The Keck-Gottschalk-Keck Apartments comprise a 1931 International Style three-flat in Chicago, Illinois. They were designed by George and William Keck and served as residences for the architects as well as college professor Louis Gottschalk. The apartments received Chicago Landmark status on August 3, 1994.

Located at 41.7935, -87.5978 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Residential buildings completed in 1937, Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, Apartment buildings in Chicago, Illinois

Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory

The Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory was the personal observatory of George Ellery Hale, constructed by his father, William E. Hale, in 1890 at the family home in the Kenwood section of Chicago. It was here that the spectroheliograph, which Hale had invented while attending MIT, was first put to practical use; and it was here that Hale established the Astrophysical Journal.

Located at 41.8117, -87.6031 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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University of Chicago, Astronomical observatories in Illinois, Defunct astronomical observatories

Court Theatre (Chicago)

The Court Theatre is a professional theatre located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The Court Theatre is affiliated with the University of Chicago, receiving in-kind support from the University and operating within the larger University umbrella. The Court Theatre puts on five plays per season which are attended by over 35,000 people each year.

Located at 41.794, -87.6009 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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University of Chicago, Theatre companies in Chicago, Illinois, League of Resident Theatres

Provident Hospital (Chicago)

Provident Hospital, the first Black-owned and operated hospital in America, was established in Chicago in 1891 by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams an African American surgeon during the time in American history where few public or private medical facilities were open to Black citizens.

Located at 41.8026, -87.6135 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Hospitals in Chicago, Illinois

Nuclear Energy (sculpture)

Nuclear Energy is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore that is located on the campus of the University of Chicago at the site of world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1.

Located at 41.7925, -87.6011 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Outdoor sculptures in Chicago, Illinois, Sculptures by Henry Moore, 1967 sculptures, Bronze sculptures in the United States

Ariel Community Academy

Ariel Community Academy is a grammar school in Chicago, Illinois that used to be named Shakespeare Public School. In 1996, Arne Duncan and John W. Rogers, Jr. were part of a network that funded and supported the school. 80% of the eighth-grade graduates from the academy are accepted at elite area high schools.

Located at 41.8111, -87.5981 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Public elementary schools in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Public Schools, Public middle schools in Chicago, Illinois

Regal Theater, South Side (Chicago)

The Regal Theater, located in the heart of Bronzeville on Chicago's south side, was an important night club and music venue in Chicago. Part of the Balaban and Katz chain, the lavishly decorated venue, with plush carpeting and velvet drapes featured some of the most celebrated black entertainers in America. The Regal also featured motion pictures and live stage shows.

Located at 41.8092, -87.6158 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Jazz clubs in the United States, Music venues in Chicago, Illinois, Defunct jazz clubs

John Crerar Library

The John Crerar Library is a library, which after a long history of independent operations, is now operated by the University of Chicago. It is recognized as one of the best libraries in the country for research and teaching in the sciences, medicine, and technology. Throughout its history, the library's technology resources have made it popular with Chicago-area business and industry.

Located at 41.7907, -87.6028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Libraries in Illinois, University and college academic libraries in the United States, University of Chicago Library, Embedded educational institutions, Library buildings completed in 1984

Disciples Divinity House

Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago is a Christian seminary associated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the University of Chicago Divinity School.

Located at 41.7916, -87.5978 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Universities and colleges affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), University of Chicago Divinity School

Dyett Academic Center

Dyett Academic Center (commonly known as Dyett High School) is a public 4-year high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is part of the Chicago Public Schools. It's named for American violinist and music educator Walter Henri Dyett. The school opened as an elementary school in 1972 before becoming a neighborhood high school in 1999.

Located at 41.8012, -87.6123 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Chicago Public Schools, Public high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Educational institutions established in 1972