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444: 368:(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 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 the Washburne Culinary Institute. The 432: 420: 110: 1494: 135: 85: 68: 1505: 142: 117: 92: 341:. 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 the decline of the club; in 1973, the decision was made to liquidate its assets, and in 1975, the property was sold to the 310:
in a Mediterranean Revival style. In 1909, 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.
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A coalition of neighborhood activists and historic preservationists successfully convinced the Park District not to demolish the buildings. Instead, the facility was renamed the South Shore Cultural Center. Over two decades, the main buildings were slowly renovated and repurposed. Other buildings
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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
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Besides the main clubhouse, the Country Club also had stables, a nine-hole golf course, tennis courts, a bowling green, and a private
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became racially integrated, the wealthy whites who formed the membership in the club started to
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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By the early 1960s, the character of the neighborhood was changing rapidly. As
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as South Side beachfront special use facilities in the Park District.
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The building's exteriors were used as the "Palace Hotel Ballroom" in
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neighborhood. It encompasses the grounds of the former
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Interior ballroom at the South Shore Cultural Center
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South Shore Country Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Chicago Landmark

South Shore Cultural Center is located in Chicago metropolitan area
South Shore Cultural Center is located in Illinois
South Shore Cultural Center is located in the United States
Chicago, Illinois
41°46′11″N 87°33′46″W / 41.76972°N 87.56278°W / 41.76972; -87.56278
Marshall & Fox
75000652
Chicago
Illinois
South Shore
Marshall and Fox
beach
Lake Michigan
Hyde Park
Woodlawn
South Shore
leave the neighborhood in droves
Chicago Park District
National Register of Historic Places
Chicago Lakefront Trail
multi-use path
Chicago, Illinois
Lake Michigan
Jackson Park 63rd Street Beach House
Promontory Point
The Blues Brothers

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