The South Shore Cultural Center , in Chicago , Illinois , is a cultural facility located at 71st Street and South Shore Drive, in the city's South Shore neighborhood. It encompasses the club facility, grounds, and beach of the former South Shore Country Club, which in the 1970s became part of the public Chicago Park District .
16-594: Paul Robeson Theatre may refer to: A theatre in the South Shore Cultural Center , Chicago, Illinois A theatre in the former Store Front Museum , Queens, New York A theatre in Buffalo), New York; see Margaret Ford-Taylor A theatre in Hounslow, West London; see African and Caribbean War Memorial Paul Robeson Theatre (Brooklyn) , once at
32-558: A kiln). In addition, there are banquet facilities for rent for weddings, receptions, and meetings. The golf course is still in operation, and is open to the public, as are the beach, picnic areas, gardens, and a nature center. The horse stables are currently used by the Chicago Police Department's mounted unit. The building houses the Parrot Cage Restaurant, which is operated as a teaching program of
48-558: A theater was added, but in 1916, Marshall and Fox were engaged to design a newer building, still in the Mediterranean Revival style. This is the building that still stands. Originally built as a Protestant-only club, later, Irish-Catholics were admitted. Besides the main clubhouse, the Country Club also had stables, a nine-hole golf course, tennis courts, a bowling green, and a private beach on Lake Michigan . By
64-506: Is a 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km) partial shared-use path for walking , jogging , skateboarding , and cycling , located along the western shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago , Illinois . The trail passes through and connects Chicago's four major lakefront parks along with various beaches and recreational amenities. It also serves as a route for bicycle, skateboard and personal transporter commuters. On busy summer days 70,000 people use
80-465: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages South Shore Cultural Center The South Shore Country Club was founded in 1905 as a suburban counterpart to the urban clubs of Chicago, such as the Athletic Club. The original building was built at that time, designed by architects Marshall and Fox in a Mediterranean Revival style. In 1909,
96-561: The St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church (Brooklyn) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paul Robeson Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Robeson_Theatre&oldid=1019289246 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
112-478: The "Palace Hotel Ballroom" in The Blues Brothers . The Cultural Center was the site of Barack and Michelle Obama's wedding reception on October 3, 1992. On May 26, 2004, it became a Chicago Landmark . http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-south-shore-country-club-flashback-perspec-1023-jm-20161019-story.html Chicago Lakefront Trail The Chicago Lakefront Trail (LFT )
128-538: The LFT as the city's first official bike path. Over the years it grew in popularity. In 2017 and 2018 the Trail Separation Project sought to add capacity and increase safety by providing separation of bike and foot traffic lanes, utilizing both widened, dedicated lanes and in some areas newly constructed and separately dedicated path sections. An additional improvement was added with the construction of
144-716: The Navy Pier Flyover, a dedicated bridge over the Chicago River . From Wacker Drive to Illinois Street the Lakefront Trail shared the pedestrian sidewalk on lower-level Lake Shore Drive . In order to reduce the conflicts between pedestrians and bicyclists, and avoid the very busy intersections at Illinois Street and Grand Avenue, the Chicago Department of Transportation started designing the Navy Pier Flyover in 2000. This bridge runs alongside
160-615: The Washburne Culinary Institute. The Chicago Lakefront Trail (abbreviated as LFT) is an 18-mile multi-use path in Chicago, Illinois along the coast of Lake Michigan and runs past the center. The center now competes with the Jackson Park 63rd Street Beach House and Promontory Point as South Side beachfront special use facilities in the Park District. The building's exteriors were used as
176-479: The decline of the club; in 1973, the decision was made to liquidate its assets, and in 1975, the property was sold to the Chicago Park District for $ 9.775 million. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975. A coalition of neighborhood activists and historic preservationists successfully convinced the Park District not to demolish the buildings. Instead, the facility
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#1732791292474192-458: The early 1960s, the character of the neighborhood was changing rapidly. As Hyde Park , Woodlawn , and South Shore became racially integrated, the wealthy whites who formed the membership in the club started to leave the neighborhood in droves . In 1967, the club considered opening its membership to Jews (for the first time since the 1930s) and African Americans (for the first time ever). The decision at that time not to open membership accelerated
208-537: The path (listed from south to north) are the South Shore Cultural Center , the Museum of Science and Industry , McCormick Place , Soldier Field , Chicago's Museum Campus , Monroe Harbor, Navy Pier , Belmont Harbor, and the Waveland Clock Tower. The Lakefront Trail connects most of the Chicago beaches and three skate parks (31st Street, Grant Park, Wilson Avenue). Several dog parks are accessible from
224-501: The trail. The LFT is located wholly within the Chicago city limits and spans from 7100 South/2560 East to 5800 North/1000 West. It is a dedicated-use path, although frequent intersections do pose a threat to path users. These intersections are clearly signed both to path users and motorists. From north to south, it runs through Lincoln Park , Grant Park , Burnham Park , and Jackson Park . In 1963, Mayor Richard J. Daley designated
240-610: The upper level of Lake Shore Drive from north of the Ohio Street Beach to Illinois Street, and then alongside the lower level of Lake Shore Drive as it crosses the Chicago River, with an exit in the middle serving Navy Pier and DuSable Park . Construction began in spring 2014 and was originally planned to be completed in 2018. The project experienced multiple delays, but was finished in May 2021. Some attractions along
256-765: Was renamed the South Shore Cultural Center. Over two decades, the main buildings were slowly renovated and repurposed. Other buildings were torn down. Today the Cultural Center houses the South Shore Cultural Center School of the Arts (youth and teen programs, community art classes, the Paul Robeson Theatre, a Fine Art Gallery, two dance studios, music practice rooms, and a visual arts studio with
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