You’d have to look pretty far and wide to find something that former President Barack Obama and President Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson and the artist Yoko Ono have in common. It wouldn’t be their ...

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On just the right morning, when things are crisp and clear enough, the sun rises over the lake and lights up the gilded two-story Statue of the Republic in Jackson Park. And the Gold Lady — as she’s ...

As Sharon Brown, 60, walked along the Jackson Park pathways, she paused to pick up an old chip bag from the ground. After dropping it into her trash bag, she looked up. In the distance, she could see ...

The Burnham Building, a century-old, templelike pavilion in Jackson Park that for years has lain in near ruin, appears finally set to receive the restoration it rightly deserves. Designed by D.H.