Chicago’s Jackson Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux ... But most of their plans were still on the drawing board, when the Great Fire of 1871 devastated Chicago.

When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed what is now Jackson Park in 1871, they didn’t just think of it as a park along Lake Michigan. They sought to bring water into the park.

Historic downtown Chicago building, Jackson Park ... is one of only a few buildings still standing from the early downtown reconstruction period in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. ...

The structure can also be seen in the Chicago Park District’s 2018 “South Lakefront Framework,” a plan for revitalizing the parks. In both, it’s called the Burnham building.

This afternoon, a "ground healing" (versus a ground breaking) ceremony is taking place in Jackson Park that will eventually introduce Chicagoans to a new art installation from Yoko Ono titled "SKY ...

Starting this week, the evolving—and at times controversial—plan to build the Obama Presidential Center in the middle of Jackson Park will come under the review of the federal government. The ...