Jackson Park is a 551.5-acre (223.2 ha) urban park on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago. Straddling the Hyde Park, Woodlawn, and...
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Hyde Park is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, located on and near the shore of Lake Michigan 7 miles (11 km) south of the Loop....
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"Jackson Park". Chicago Park District. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012. "Washington Park". Chicago Park District...
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park on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is one mile long by 220 yards wide and extends along 59th and 60th streets, joining Washington Park at...
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Borzo, Greg (2007). The Chicago "L". Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 23, 43. ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5. "Jackson Park". Chicago-L.org. Retrieved December...
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Barack Obama Presidential Center (category Museums in Chicago)
display. The center is located in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago, adjacent to the University of Chicago campus. The university provides planning...
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Jackson Park may refer to: Jackson Park (Chicago), Illinois, United States Jackson Park (Negaunee, Michigan), United States Jackson Park (Milwaukee), United...
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Park at 14th Street to Jackson Park at 56th Street. The 598 acres (242 ha) of parkland is owned and managed by the Chicago Park District. It was named...
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Garfield Park on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. It is directly west of Garfield Park. The...
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Statue of The Republic (category Buildings and structures in Chicago)
sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois by Daniel Chester French. It is based on a colossal original statue, which was a centerpiece of the Chicago World's...
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Parks in Chicago include open spaces and facilities, developed and managed by the Chicago Park District. The City of Chicago devotes 8.5% of its total...
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Grant Park is a large urban park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Located within the city's central business district, the 319-acre (1...
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Retrieved June 13, 2024. "Chase Park". Chicago Park District. Retrieved August 17, 2012. "Margate Park Fieldhouse". Chicago Park District. Archived from the...
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two-bedroom home on 2300 Jackson Street near East Chicago in Gary, Indiana. Their first child, Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson, was born four months later...
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as the University of Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry, and Jackson Park. Like all of what is now the City of Chicago, the South Shore community...
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the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned Jackson from baseball...
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parks incorporating some of the expo elements, such as: Audubon Park, New Orleans: Site of New Orleans's World Cotton Centennial in 1884 Jackson Park...
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Garden of the Phoenix (category Parks in Chicago)
garden on the grounds of Jackson Park in Chicago. Originally created in 1893, its current name dates to 2013. Jackson Park's Garden of the Phoenix was...
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Jackson Bark is a dog park in Jackson Park, Chicago. The park is an adaptive reuse of four tennis courts. Development began in the spring of 2014.[citation...
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political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Jackson's then-wife, Sandi Jackson, served on the Chicago City Council. He served as a national co-chairman...
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Blue Line (CTA) (redirect from 2006 Chicago Subway Fire)
and 1958, and a shuttle subway route under Jackson Street to Grant Park (1958, "New Horizons for Chicago Metropolitan Area", CTA). Between 1968 and 1978...
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Jackson Park was a terminal on the Jackson Park Branch of the Chicago 'L'. The station opened on May 12, 1893, and closed on October 31, 1893, with the...
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The Chicago Park District is one of the oldest and the largest park districts in the United States. As of 2016, there are over 600 parks included in the...
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portion of Chicago's waterfront. Some of the parks along the waterfront include Lincoln Park, Grant Park, Burnham Park, and Jackson Park. There are 24...
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The Jackson Park Highlands District is a historic district in the South Shore community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district was built...
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of Jackson Park". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 20, 2018. Blakley, Derrick (September 18, 2018). "City Breaks Promises Regarding Jackson Park, Obama...
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World's Columbian Exposition (redirect from The Chicago World's Fair)
of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that Columbus took to the New World. Chicago won the right to host...
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East 63rd branch (redirect from Jackson Park branch (Chicago Transit Authority))
known as the Jackson Park branch, is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) long branch of the Chicago "L" operated as part the Green Line by the Chicago Transit Authority...
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Northerly Island (redirect from Northerly Island Park (Chicago))
Northerly Island (also Northerly Island Park) is a 119-acre (48 ha) human-made peninsula and park located on Chicago's Lake Michigan lakefront. Originally...
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Garfield Park is a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, west of the Loop. Taking its name from the large urban park, Garfield Park, the neighborhood...
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