South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago
An enormous South Side landmark, which once served as the private golf clubhouse - closed to African-Americans.
An enormous South Side landmark, which once served as the private golf clubhouse - closed to African-Americans. Times have changed. The country club went bankrupt, and the golf course and tremendous building were bought by the Chicago Park District, and then converted into a beautiful and extravagant community center with large chandeliers and floor to ceiling windows. The SSCC hosts plays, live music, and dance performances. It's no stranger to fame, having hosted the wedding receptions of countless South Side notables, including the Obamas; the exterior also served as the 'Palace Hotel Ballroom' for the Blues Brothers' big gig.
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About South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S South Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United States
+1 773-256-0149
South Shore Cultural Center and Nearby Sights on Map
South Shore Country Club
Nine holes of golf maintained (somewhat) by the Chicago Park Administration
Jackson Park Beaches
There are better beaches further north and further south, but if you're here and want to get a swim in, Jackson Park's two beaches are fine - 57th St Beach is less than a ten minute walk from the Museum of Science and Industry
Jackson Park Golf Course
18 holes of golf and a driving range, all in the middle of Jackson Park
Rainbow Beach
The Rainbow Beach is one of the best and biggest beaches in Chicago, boasting a magnificent South Side view of the Chicago skyline, and it has a free parking lot! Free outdoor movies are often held in the adjacent Rainbow Park
Jackson Park
Named for President Andrew Jackson and the site of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
New Regal Theater
Built in 1927 as one of the South Side's most impressive movie palaces, done up in ornate Moorish Revival style, this theater was in operation well past the riots and up into the late 1970s
Osaka Garden
The Osaka Garden grew out of the Pavilion for the Japanese Government at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and was planned by Olmsted as well
Oak Woods Cemetery
Were it not for the somber atmosphere, Oak Woods would probably be one of Chicago's favorite parks as it is beautifully laid out and has four attractive elongated ponds
ETA Creative Arts Foundation
A community center housing one top-notch African-American theater company, which puts on an extraordinary number of plays, nearly all of them world premieres
Promontory Point Park
Promontory Point is a beautiful spot to take in the great skyline view, gaze off into the blue, watch summer fireworks, or take a (technically illegal, but everybody does it) swim in its submerged beach (north side of the point)