Olmsted in Chicago: Jackson Park Register Here

Chicago parks historian Julia Bachrach will lead free walking tours of Jackson, Washington Parks and the Midway Plaisance, Frederick Law Olmsted’s iconic Chicago landscapes.

Jackson Park: Learn about the Olmsted firm’s three successive designs for

Jackson Park: the original plan of 1871, the dazzling fairgrounds for the 1893

World’s Columbian Exposition; and the transformation of the site back to

parkland after the fair. Highlights include the iconic Wooded Island.

Dates and Times:

Saturday, June 25th, 10am-12pm

Saturday, July 16th, 2-4pm.

This tour is presented by the Hyde Park Historical Society as part of Art Design Chicago Now, an initiative funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art that amplifies the voices of Chicago's diverse creatives, past and present, and explores the essential role they play in shaping the now.