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Favorite Parks Designed by Olmsted

Jackson Park, Chicago

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In 1871, Frederick Law Olmsted and his partner Calvert Vaux began laying out the 1055-acre South Park in Chicago, later known as Jackson and Washington Parks and the Midway Plaisance. Chicago Parks Foundation

From: Olmsted “Paints With Lakes” | Summer 2023, Volume: 68, No: 4

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