The National Association for Olmsted Parks has posted a fascinating look at “Olmsted’s Three Visions for Jackson Park” by Julia Bachrach. She explores the designs by Frederick Law Olmsted for South Park in 1871, the fairgrounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, and return of Jackson Park in 1895.

Construction in 1891 of the fairgrounds for the 1893 World’s Fair.