Oakland, Chicago facts for kids

Oakland, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. Some of Chicago's great old homes may be seen on Drexel Boulevard.

Nineteenth-century women's rights and Jewish activist Hannah Greenebaum lived in Oakland. The late 19th-century Monument Baptist Church on Oakwood Blvd. is modeled after Boston's Trinity Church. Oakwood /41st Street Beach in Burnham Park is at 4100 S. Lake Shore Drive.

Images for kids

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  Abraham Lincoln Centre, Oakland, c. 1913.

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  Aldine Square pictured shortly before its demolition, in 1935.

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  One of the six original Lakefront Properties. Named Victor Olander Homes in 1961, it was later renamed Lake Parc Place in 1991.

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  Harsh Apartments, a senior housing complex in Oakland.

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  Three of the four Lake Michigan High-Rises hours prior to demolition, c. 1998.