Grant Park (originally named Lake Park) is a large park (319 acres or 1. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human 29 km²) in Chicago. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The park's most notable features are Buckingham Fountain and the Art Institute of Chicago. Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier Fine art museums Grant Park is frequently referred to as the city's front yard. It is bordered on the north by Randolph Street, on the south by Roosevelt Road, on the west by Columbus Drive and on the east by Lake Shore Drive. Randolph Street is a street in Chicago Illinois, USA. It runs east-west through the Chicago Loop, carrying westbound traffic west from Michigan Avenue

History

The original plan for the town of Chicago left the area east of Michigan Avenue unsubdivided and vacant, and purchasers of Michigan Avenue lots were promised that it would remain unoccupied. When the former Fort Dearborn became part of the townsite in 1839, the plat of the area east of Michigan Avenue south of Randolph was marked "Public ground. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Forever to remain vacant of buildings. "

The city officially designated the land as a park on April 29, 1844, naming it Lake Park. A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year When the Illinois Central Railroad was built into Chicago in 1852, it was permitted to enter along the lakefront on a causeway built just offshore. The Illinois Central, sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The resulting lagoon became stagnant, and was largely filled in 1871 with debris from the Great Chicago Fire. The Great Chicago Fire was a Conflagration that burned from Sunday October 8 to early Tuesday October 10 1871 killing hundreds and destroying about four square miles in In 1896 the city began extending Grant Park into the lake with landfill. Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices One involves creating new land from sea- or riverbeds the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state (such as after ^[1] On October 9, 1901, it was renamed Grant Park in honor of Galena, Illinois resident, American Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Galena is the largest city in and County seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois in the United States with an estimated population of 3396 Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States

The legal restrictions prohibiting any buildings in the park were ignored in the 1800s, as various civic buildings were sited there. The Plan of Chicago proposed a cultural center, containing a library and two museums, as the centerpiece of the park. Chicago businessman Aaron Montgomery Ward ultimately fought four court battles, opposed by nearly every civic leader, to keep the park undeveloped. Aaron Montgomery Ward ( February 17, 1844 - December 7, 1913) was an American Businessman notable for the invention The one exception Ward consented to was for the Art Institute of Chicago, constructed in 1892. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier Fine art museums In the early 20th century, Grant Park was expanded with further landfill — much of it from the excavations of the Chicago Tunnel Company — and developed with a very formal landscape design by Edward Bennett. The Chicago Tunnel Company built a unique freight Tunnel network under the downtown of the city of Chicago. More landfill in the 1910s and 1920s provided sites for the Adler Planetarium, Field Museum of Natural History, and Shedd Aquarium, which were linked together as the Museum Campus in 1998. Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices One involves creating new land from sea- or riverbeds the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state (such as after The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Illinois was the first Planetarium built in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest in existence The Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The John G Shedd Aquarium is an indoor Public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that opened on May 30 Museum Campus Chicago is a 57 acre (230850 m² lakefront park in Chicago that surrounds three of the city's most notable Museums all dedicated to the Natural Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) In 2004, a section of northern Grant Park, previously occupied by Illinois Central railyards and parking lots, was built over and redeveloped as Millennium Park. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Illinois Central, sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes Millennium Park is a public Park located in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago within, United States.

The park has been the site of many large civic events, including the visit of Pope John Paul II and championship celebrations for the Chicago Bulls. Pope The Chicago Bulls are an American professional Basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern It was the scene of clashes between Chicago Police and demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of the City of Chicago, Illinois Chicago Convention redirects here for the Convention on International Civil Aviation for the event also referred to by this name More recently, it has hosted some of Chicago's biggest festivals, such as the Taste of Chicago, the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Chicago Blues Festival, Venetian Night, and, most recently, the 2005, 2006, and 2007 incarnations of Lollapalooza. The Taste of Chicago is the world's largest Food festival, held annually for 10 days in Chicago starting Friday before the 4th of July and ending the Sunday after The Chicago Jazz Festival is a popular and well-known four day free celebration of jazz in Grant Park in downtown Chicago Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring Alternative rock, hip hop, and Punk rock bands Dance and Comedy performances Lollapalooza is under contract to be staged at Grant Park through 2011. Grant Park is also the where the Chicago Marathon starts and ends. The Bank of America 's Chicago Marathon (formerly the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon) is a major Marathon held yearly in Chicago

Children's Museum

The Mayor Richard Daley-controlled Chicago Plan Commission approved (13-to-2 vote) on May 15, 2008 the mayor's plan to move the Children's Museum from its current home on Navy Pier Navy Pier and to build a new $100 million Children's Museum 1,000 yards away in open park land of Grant Park, laying the ground for a City Council showdown or court challenge. Richard Daley may refer to Richard J Daley (1902–1976 Mayor of Chicago (1955–1976 father of Richard M Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Navy Pier is a long Pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. Residents of high-rises surrounding the Daley Bicentennial Plaza site near Millennium Park had their case, for despite 5 redesigns, the project allegedly violated 172 years of legal protections and 4 Supreme Court rulings that preserved Grant Park "forever open, clear and free" as Montgomery Ward sought. Grant Park (originally named Lake Park is a large Park (319 acres or 1 ^[2] Chicago alderman Brendan Reilly stated that the museum relocation to the lakefront park is a land grab. ^[3]

Features

Buckingham Fountain is located in the middle of Grant Park

Chicago's Museum Campus is the site of the Field Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

On the western edge of Grant Park is the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the premier art museums and art schools in the United States, known especially for the extensive collection of Impressionist and American art, such as Grant Wood's American Gothic. Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. Magdalena Abakanowicz (b June 20 1930, Falenty, Poland) is a Polish Museum Campus Chicago is a 57 acre (230850 m² lakefront park in Chicago that surrounds three of the city's most notable Museums all dedicated to the Natural The Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premier Fine art museums Impressionism was a 19th-century Art movement that began as a loose association of Paris -based Artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s Grant DeVolson Wood ( February 13, 1891 &ndash February 12, 1942) was an American painter, born in Anamosa, American Gothic is a Painting by Grant Wood from 1930 Portraying a Pitchfork -holding farmer and a younger woman (imagined to be his

Buckingham Fountain

Located in the middle of Grant Park is Buckingham Fountain, one of the world's largest fountains. Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source ( Latin fons) fills a basin of some kind and is drained away The fountain was dedicated in 1927 as a gift to the city from Kate Sturges Buckingham in memory of her brother Clarence Buckingham. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The fountain runs during warm-weather months with a light and water display from 21:00 to 22:00.

Museum campus

Chicago's Museum Campus is a 10-acre (40,000 m²) addition to the southern end of Grant Park. Museum Campus Chicago is a 57 acre (230850 m² lakefront park in Chicago that surrounds three of the city's most notable Museums all dedicated to the Natural The Museum Campus is the site of the Adler Planetarium, Field Museum of Natural History, and Shedd Aquarium. The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Illinois was the first Planetarium built in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest in existence The Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The John G Shedd Aquarium is an indoor Public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that opened on May 30

Children's Museum

Plans for a new $100 million Children's Museum that will move from Navy Pier to Grant Park were approved by Richard Daley. Navy Pier is a long Pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. Richard Daley may refer to Richard J Daley (1902–1976 Mayor of Chicago (1955–1976 father of Richard M Some City Council members have opposed the project, and it may face obstacles there^{[4] [5]}.

Other facilities

Grant Park also features many shaded walking trails and Lake Shore Trail, a paved multi-use path running along Lake Michigan for the entire length of the park. In addition, there are 16 softball fields and 12 tennis courts, open to the general public, and Daley Bicentennial Plaza offers fitness, yoga, aerobics programs. Softball is a team Sport popular especially in the United States. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles)

See also

• Millennium Park
• Parks of Chicago

References

• National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2006-03-15). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus,
• Grant Park. Parks & Facilities. Chicago Park District. Retrieved on 2005-07-23. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France.
• Grant Park. Chicago. A View On Cities. Retrieved on 2005-07-23. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France.
• Grant Park. Chicago, IL, 60602. Citysearch. Retrieved on 2005-07-23. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France.

External links

• Grant Park (Chicago) is at coordinates 41°52′33″N 87°37′08″W / 41.875792, -87.618944 (Grant Park (Chicago))Coordinates: 41°52′33″N 87°37′08″W / 41.875792, -87.618944 (Grant Park (Chicago))
• ForgottenChicago.com [Little known elements of Chicago’s infrastructure, architecture, neighborhoods and general cityscape, existing and historical]