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Chicago beat out New York ... With his partner Harry Codman, Olmsted chose Jackson Park on Lake Michigan. Rather than design a landscape, Olmsted and Codman conceived of a spectacular seascape.

The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscaping genius most famous for his design of Central Park in New York and Jackson and Washington Parks in Chicago. Sherman had his son-in ...

The cherry blossoms in Chicago's Jackson Park are nearing their 2025 peak bloom. The Chicago Park District said there have been 20 new cherry blossom trees planted at Jackson Park since the last full ...

On this 188th birthday of the City of Chicago, Preservation Chicago issued its list of what it has deemed the seven most ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Cherry Blossom Trees at Jackson Park are blooming and the Chicago Park District is inviting Chicagoans to come out and see one of the city’s most beautiful natural wonders.

After a few years of underwhelming results due to inconsistent weather conditions, cherry blossom trees at Jackson Park come back at full swing.

By 2026, the Chicago Park District hopes to have nearly 250 trees in the cherry blossom tree grove. The number of cherry trees at Jackson Park has been growing steadily over the last 12 years.