What is Oakland, Chicago?
'''Oakland''', located on the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] of [[Chicago, Illinois]], [[United States|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 G. Solomon|Hannah Greenebaum]] lived in Oakland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenwood, Oakland &#124; Chicago Neighborhoods &#124; Explore Chicago |url=http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/neighborhoods/kenwood.html |access-date=2018-01-06 |archive-date=2010-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902090546/http://explorechicago.org/city/en/neighborhoods/kenwood.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The late 19th-century [[Monument]] Baptist Church on Oakwood Blvd. is modeled after Boston's Trinity Church. [[Chicago beaches#Burnham Park Beaches|Oakwood /41st Street Beach]] in [[Burnham Park (Chicago)|Burnham Park]] is at 4100 S. [[Lake Shore Drive]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/neighborhoods/kenwood.html City of Chicago Neighborhood Guide to Oakland and Kenwood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902090546/http://explorechicago.org/city/en/neighborhoods/kenwood.html |date=2010-09-02 }} *[http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_OAKLAND.pdf Official City of Chicago Community Map] {{Community areas of Chicago}} [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]] {{US-geo-stub}}