Woodlawn
Woodlawn, located in the South Side of the City of Chicago, is bounded by Lake Michigan to the east, 60th Street (beyond which are the University of Chicago and Hyde Park) to the north, Martin Luther King Drive to the west, and, mostly, 67th Street to the south. Both Hyde Park Career Academy and Mount Carmel High School reside in this neighborhood, and much of its eastern portion is occupied by Jackson Park. The area between 59th and 60th Streets is known as the Midway Plaisance.
Now dominated by a green space of low valleys, the Plaisance is widely known as the site of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, in which the green space was to be designated as the Fair location (but was never utilized). The Plaisance is now a well-maintained walking and bike riding thoroughfare amidst the University's campuses. Between 60th and 61st Streets (with Dorchester Street to the east and Cottage Grove Avenue to the west) are several of the University's South Campus buildings.
