What is Hyde Park, Chicago?
[[File:MSIChicago.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Hyde Park]] '''Hyde Park''' is a community area on the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] of [[Chicago]], Illinois. It is located on the shore of [[Lake Michigan]] seven miles (11&nbsp;km) south of the [[Chicago Loop]].<ref name=ExploreChimap>{{cite web|url=http://www.explorechicago.org/etc/medialib/explore_chicago/tourism/pdfs_guides_and_maps/navtech_loop_map.Par.33966.File.dat/HydePark.pdf |title=Guides and Maps - Neighborhood Maps: Hyde Park and Bronzeville |publisher=[[City of Chicago]] |access-date=February 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126065117/http://www.explorechicago.org/etc/medialib/explore_chicago/tourism/pdfs_guides_and_maps/navtech_loop_map.Par.33966.File.dat/HydePark.pdf |archive-date=January 26, 2012 }}</ref> Hyde Park is home to the [[University of Chicago]], the [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]], and two of Chicago's four historic sites listed in the original 1966 [[National Register of Historic Places]] ([[Chicago Pile-1]], the world's first artificial [[nuclear reactor]], and [[Robie House]]). In the early 21st century, Hyde Park received national attention for its association with U.S. President [[Barack Obama]], who before running for president, was a professor of law at the University of Chicago. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Community areas of Chicago}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]]