Operation Push HQ, Chicago
The enormous classical revival building at 50th & Drexel is the national headquarters of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH organization.
The enormous classical revival building at 50th & Drexel is the national headquarters of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH organization. The building's façade might lead you to expect a Lincoln-sized statue of the reverend inside, but this was actually a Jewish synagogue founded in 1932 by the aforementioned KAM.
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About Operation Push HQ
930 East 50th Street, Chicago, IL, United States
+1 773-373-3366
Operation Push HQ and Nearby Sights on Map
McGill Mansion
Easily mistaken for a French Castle, this mansion was built in 1893 for the Scottish McGill family, which founded the famous Montreal University of the same name
Drexel Fountain
This ornate fountain that stands in the tiny Drexel Square Park is the oldest in Chicago - one of the first monuments erected in the Chicago area
KAMII
It looks like a Byzantine style mosque, but that minaret is actually a smokestack for this synagogue
4944 S Woodlawn
A gargantuan 8,000 square foot Tudor revival mansion once owned by Muhammad Ali
Elijah Muhammad House
Built by Elijah Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam, it now serves as a 'National' House for the Nation of Islam
Isidore Heller House
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest distinctive buildings (1897), often credited as the turning point in his early career when he shifted towards the Prairie School
Court Theatre
Excellent dramatic theater on the University campus
Masjid Al-Faatir
Masjid Al-Faatir is the largest of Chicago's Mosques
Smart Museum of Art
The Smart museum is small, but has an excellent collection, thoughtfully exhibited
Nuclear Energy Statue
This Henry Moore statue marks the area where Enrico Fermi and his team of scientists successfully produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction