• July 26, 2018, 6–8 p.m.

Humboldt Park Walking Tour

Featuring: Chicago historian Julia S. Bachrach

Humboldt Park Boathouse

1301 North Humboldt Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60622

Jens Jensen’s meandering Prairie River in Humboldt Park. Photo Credit: James Iska.

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This tour explores how Humboldt Park served as a "living laboratory" for Prairie style landscape architect Jens Jensen in the early 20th century. The tour highlights the park's fine collection of bronze monuments including World's Fair Bison by Edward Kemeys and Alexander von Humboldt Monument by Felix Gorling. 

 

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