Columbus Park
The dark dome of a church peeks over trees seen squinting in the morning sun,
Looming above glimpses of undulating fields and meadows; meandering streams.
Built in another age this tiny urban prairie seems infinite.
So peaceful in the early fragile light, while most of the city lies asleep.
I am refreshed in this private public space, kept for us by Jensen’s vision for a tired city.
-- Leonard Grossman
- The Cultural Landscape Foundation has an extensive and detailed interactive website on Columbus Park, including historical information as well as interactive tours of portions of the park.
- Teaching With Historic Places presents a detailed web-based lesson plan -- Columbus Park:The Prarie Idealized.
- The Chicago Park District also has a Columbus Park Website.
- You can rent the Refectory.
- The Jens Jensen Legacy Project explores Jens Jensen's work as a landscape architect and ecologist and offers a biography and articles about Jens Jensen's life and accomplishments.
- Friends of the Park is an organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and improving Chicago's parks and forest preserves.
- I have made a very shaky short (1 min 45 seconds) video with my Canon A70, walking around my favorite bend on the Inner Trail. MOV file. 4.4 megabytes (no sound).
- A very large version of the same video (with sound). AVI file. 29.4 megabytes.
Columbus Park websites, resources, and videos:
