Coming soon
Barack Obama Presidential Center
The Center will bring a museum, library programming, and public space to the South Side — a destination for the whole city on the edge of Jackson Park.
Learn more →Welcome to the avenue
Stony Island Avenue,
home of the Obama Presidential Center.
A community landmark running the length of Chicago's South Side — where local history, neighborhood businesses, and a presidential legacy share one street.
Upcoming
The Obama Presidential Center is coming to Jackson Park
Just across from Hyde Park Career Academy, the Center will anchor the north end of the avenue as a hub for leadership, programming, and community life.
Foundation
Investing in the community
The Obama Foundation has directed roughly $31 million toward leadership training and development, alongside preconstruction work on the presidential center in Chicago.
Read the report →Explore Chicago
A front-row seat to the South Side and beyond
Stony Island borders Jackson Park — former home of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the Museum of Science and Industry. From the museum to the lakefront, the avenue is a starting line for the whole city.
- Nearby
- Museum of Science & Industry
- Park
- Jackson Park & the Midway
- Transit
- Metra Electric — Stony Island stop
- Landmark
- The New Regal Theater
Featured business
It all started in 1899
Jewel began as a band of door-to-door salesmen, selling tea and coffee from the back of horse-drawn wagons. Founded by Frank Ross and his brother-in-law Frank Skiff in 1899, the company launched with just $700, a rented horse, and a secondhand wagon.
They named their venture the Jewel Tea Company, and the route men called on customers every two weeks, coming directly to their homes. Over time the company added hundreds of routes across the nation, and the traveling Jewel salesman became a familiar, welcome sight.
📍 75th & Stony IslandSearch for your local business
250+ businesses, one avenue
From barbershops and bakeries to banks, clinics, and grocery stores — the full directory of everything along Stony Island Avenue, searchable by name or category.
- Food
- Restaurants & fast food
- Care
- Salons, clinics & dentists
- Daily
- Grocery, banks & gas
- Civic
- Schools, libraries & more