History of Jackson Park
Learn more August 25 at my talk
Wandering Down the Rabbit Holes of History
Musings about history, memory, and how we got this way. Focus on Hyde Park, Chicago, and the experience of 20th Century America, especially during World War II. Sent out weekly (mostly). You can choose which section you follow if you don't want both.
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(Re)Naming (Andrew) Jackson Park, Chicago
South Siders are pointing to the opportunity to rename (Andrew) Jackson Park as (Jesse) Jackson Park with little fuss.
Jackson Park (Home to the Obama Center)
Nature, Civil Rights, History, Art
Exploring Jackson Park (1893 World's Fair)
1893 World's Fair
America's First Automotive Race
Plus Hyde Park Trivia Night
Jackson Park--Civil Rights and Politics
In honor of the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, here are other sites you can visit in Jackson Park that tell the history of the area’s devotion to Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Community Service, Art as a movement.
Exploring Jackson Park (overview)
The big list
Natural Areas and Missile Bases
Not all battles are won, but many are worth fighting for.
Streets by Any Other Name, Part II
In Part I, I explained why and how hundreds of Chicago streets changed their names between 1909 and 1913 and how one man, a family doctor in Hyde Park, managed to find names that people liked better than the one assigned from the city council.
Streets by Any Other Name, Part I
Would Dum Dum do?