Oakland, Chicago - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.^[1] 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.

• City of Chicago Neighborhood Guide to Oakland and Kenwood Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Official City of Chicago Community Map

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