This is one of Chicago’s oldest and most significant parks. The renowned designers of New York’s Central Park, Olmsted & Vaux, laid out Jackson Park along with the adjacent Midway Plaisance and Washington Park in 1871. Their earliest park improvements included a beach composed of granite bricks at the location of what is now the 57th Street Beach. Since the turn of the century, the 57th Street Beach has been used by generations of Chicagoans. In 1993, the park district constructed a new comfort station for the beach, and beach-goers can enjoy the beautiful view of the skyline.
