This is the first story in a two-part series offering a brief look at the eras of Jackson Park’s history and what they left ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon. A presidential candidate. A global leader. But for the people living on tree-lined South Constance Avenue in South Shore’s Jackson Park Highlands, ...

The Obama Presidential Center finds its setting in Jackson Park, one of the most important sites in Chicago history. The presidential center — with its obelisk-like tower — is located in Jackson Park ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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.