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Americans moved to the q Jackson Park
area, but the late 1940s saw Bounded by 57th & 67th sts., Stony
a period of decline. A massive Island Ave. & Lake Michigan. Map 8
urban renewal project was E5. £ 59th; 63rd. 8 call (312) 922-
begun in the early 1950s, 3432; bird walk, call (773) 493-7058.
and by the 1980s, the
neighborhood had undergone Jackson Park was designed
a revival. Kenwood’s rise has by Frederick Law Olmsted
further been spurred by the and Calvert Vaux in 1871
election of its most famous as part of the unrealized
resident, Barack Obama, as South Park plan (see p106).
Isidore Heller House, in Hyde Park, by President of the United States. Even though the park was
Frank Lloyd Wright The neighborhood redesigned after being
has some of the chosen as the main
The quiet suburb was trans- finest mansions site for the 1893
formed by three events: its constructed in World’s Fair, and
1889 annexation by the City Chicago, along with again in 1895, its
of Chicago, the 1890 founding many Prairie School original aquatic
of the University of Chicago, (see p29) homes. theme is still evident.
and the 1893 World’s Columbian Two commissions Osaka Garden is
Exposition. Many of the houses Frank Lloyd Wright a re-creation of the
from this 1890s spurt of undertook while Japanese garden
development survive. Isidore working for Adler built for the fair.
Heller House (5132 South and Sullivan include This serene spot on
Woodlawn Avenue) is a Frank the George W. Wooded Island has
Lloyd Wright design (1897) that Blossom House a pavilion, waterfall,
precedes his celebrated Robie (4858 Kenwood and gorgeous
House (see pp104–105) by a Avenue) and the cherry trees. The
decade yet reveals his Warren McArthur House island is considered
characteristic Prairie style. (4852 Kenwood Avenue). the best place in
Rosalie Villas (Harper Avenue, Noteworthy are Chicago for bird-
from 57th to 59th), designed by the mansions on watching: more than
Solon S. Beman between 1884 Greenwood Avenue 120 species of birds
and 1890, was Hyde Park’s first between 49th and have been sighted
planned community. It consists 50th, in particular the here. In the center
of about 50 Queen Anne-style elegant Prairie style of the park, a smaller,
residences, each unique in of the Ernest J. gilded replica
architectural detail. Magerstadt House Jackson Park’s “Golden Lady,” of the 65-ft-
The retail heart of Hyde (4930 South a replica of Daniel Chester (20-m-) statue
Park is 53rd Street, while ethnic Greenwood Avenue), French’s The Republic The Republic
restaurants cluster on 55th designed in 1908 by celebrates the
Street. Bookstores thrive in George W. Maher, as well as fair’s 25th anniversary. There
Hyde Park; it has been called the ornate houses lining are also two beaches and
the largest center for books South Kimbark Avenue. several sports facilities.
in the Midwest.
0 Kenwood
Bounded by 47th St., Hyde Park Blvd.,
Cottage Grove Ave. & Lake Park Ave.
Map 7 C1. q 47th (Green Line) then
bus 28. £ 47th. 8 call (312) 922-
3432. 0 =
Historic Kenwood was
established in 1856 when
dentist Jonathan A. Kennicott
bought and subdivided a large
plot of land near 43rd Street.
Over the next three decades it
became one of the most
fashionable South Side
communities. In the 1920s,
many middle-class African The contemplative Osaka Garden in Jackson Park

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