Progress of Jackson Park development, 1880

Progress of Jackson Park development, 1880. Only a small portion of Olmsted's original 1871 plan had been realized for Jackson Park by 1880, making it ripe for reimagining as the site for the World's Columbian Exposition. Source: Chicago Public Library, Chicago Park District Drawing 3964

Only a small portion of Olmsted's original 1871 plan had been realized for Jackson Park by 1880, making it ripe for reimagining as the site for the World's Columbian Exposition. Source: Chicago Public Library, Chicago Park District Drawing 3964

Progress of Jackson Park development, 1880. Only a small portion of Olmsted's original 1871 plan had been realized for Jackson Park by 1880, making it ripe for reimagining as the site for the World's Columbian Exposition. Source: Chicago Public Library, Chicago Park District Drawing 3964