Indian Village, Chicago

[[Image:Indian Village map with borders.gif|thumb|Approximate boundaries of Indian Village]] {{Other uses|Indian Village (disambiguation){{!}}Indian Village}} '''Indian Village''' Is the nickname given to the southeast portion of the [[Kenwood, Chicago|Kenwood]] [[Community areas of Chicago|community area]] of [[Chicago, Illinois]], [[United States]]. It is roughly bounded by [[Lake Shore Drive]] to the east [[Burnham Park (Chicago)|Burnham Park]] to the north, 51st street (East [[Hyde Park Boulevard]]) to the south, [[Harold Washington Park]] to the southeast, and the [[Illinois Central Railroad]] [[railroad track|tracks]] used by the [[Metra]]'s [[South Shore Line (NICTD)|South Shore]] and [[Metra Electric Line]]s to the West. Many of the buildings in the neighborhood are named after [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] Indian tribes including the [[National Register of Historic Places]]-designated (NRHP) [[Narragansett]] and the [[Chicago Landmark]] [[Powhatan Apartments]]. Other buildings include several Algonquin Apartment buildings and the Chippewa. ==Details== [[Image:Regents.JPG|thumb|left|Indian Village [[high rise]]s, including [[Regents Park (Chicago)|Regents Park]] and [[Powhatan Apartments]], from [[Promontory Point, Chicago|Promontory Point]]]] The NRHP site of the former [[Chicago Beach Hotel]] that now hosts the [[Regents Park (Chicago)|Regents Park]] is also in the neighborhood. The new location of the [[Hyde Park Art Center]] at 5020 S. Cornell Avenue is in this neighborhood. [[Carol Moseley Braun]], former [[United States Senator]] and former [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 Democratic Party Presidential Candidate]], once lived in the 5000 East End Building, which was the tallest building on the [[South Side (Chicago)|South Side of Chicago]] until 1965. The neighborhood hosts The Powhatan Apartments, the only 24-hour elevator operator building in Chicago. Regents Park's South Tower is the tallest building in the Kenwood community area. [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] designed the Algonquin Apartments, which are a set of six identical 14-story towers in the neighborhood. The Twin Towers Apartments were originally built to house U.S. Army personnel at the Fifth Army Headquarters, immediately south of the site. ==External links== *[http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_ATTACH/Community_Areas_KENWOOD.pdf Official City of Chicago Kenwood Community Map] {{Chicago}} {{Chicago-geo-stub}} {{coord missing|Illinois}}