In Jackson Park, the Obama library will be nestled among an ecosystem of historic sites in the 543-acre lakeside park. Named for President Andrew Jackson in 1881, the park was part of acclaimed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted 's grand plan for South Side parks. Olmsted was commissioned in 1869 to study what was the Jackson Park site and Washington Park, the other potential Obama library site 1 mile west. Jackson Park was the focal point of the World's Columbian Exposition from 1890 to 1893, and the site was covered with 200 buildings. Most were eventually torn down, with the notable exception of the current home of the Museum of Science and Industry on the park's north end. Before a fire destroyed La Rabida Children's Hospital in 1922, the building on a peninsula on the park's south side was also a structure from the fair. The hospital was rebuilt in 1932. The park is also home to lagoons, an 18-hole golf course, yacht club and fieldhouse. Here is a virtual tour.

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