The Firehouse Community Arts Center - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 51.153 W 087° 43.194
16T E 440241 N 4633655
"The FCAC exists to change the world through the lives of youth and young adults engaged in the arts within a faith community." Formerly home to the Chicago Fire Department's Engine 38, built in 1915.
Waymark Code: WM577N
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2008
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Located between the North and South Lawndale communities at 2111 S. Hamlin Avenue just south of Ogden Avenue (and across the street from Route 66 landmark Castle Car Wash - waymark WM3C5Q), a predominately Latino and African-American community with a relatively high poverty rate.
Their mission is to engage youth through the arts empowering them to reach their full potential and to equip them with a marketable skill in order to build confidence and success in all areas of life.
Music and dance, video editing, photography, recording, entrepreneurship and culinary arts classes are planned.