McKinley Park: Home to the Official Geographic Center of Chicago

A lot of neighborhoods would like to claim they represent the center of Chicago, but there can be only one official geographic center of Chicago. In 1979, Mayor Michael Bilandic designated 37th and Honoree to be the official geographic center of Chicago. A beautiful photograph by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, Charles Cherney depicts the geographic center of Chicago and St. Andrew Lutheran Church.

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