000002523 001__ 2523 000002523 005__ 20251007025140.0 000002523 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.2523 000002523 037__ $$aTHESIS$$bThesis 000002523 041__ $$aeng 000002523 245__ $$aJackson Park in the Past and Present: Major Points of Change and their Impact on Local Communities 000002523 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago 000002523 269__ $$a2018-06 000002523 336__ $$aThesis 000002523 502__ $$bB.A. 000002523 520__ $$aJackson Park has been an integral public space in Chicago’s South Side for over a century. As the site of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, the park began its existence as the place where Chicago introduced itself to the world. Since then, several major changes have disrupted Jackson Park and its public use. The U.S. Army used parkland to store missiles, the City of Chicago attempted to reroute Lake Shore Drive through the Park, and private entity Project 120 has proposed developments of a large-scale music venue. This paper examines the ventures that not only threatened to physically change the park, but also compromised local communities of park users and the way they interact with Jackson Park. Most recently, Jackson Park faces major upheaval due to the forthcoming Obama Presidential Center and golf course renovation. Since Jackson Park has been similarly threatened in the past, I examine both the effect and the response towards park changes in order to inform the best ways for the concerned community members to proceed in relation to upcoming projects. Most notably, these past examples tell us that the community of Jackson Park users is often put behind other concerns such as city finances and politics, which indicates that community action is the best, and often only, way for locals to attempt to keep Jackson Park a usable public space. 000002523 6531_ $$aJackson Park 000002523 6531_ $$aSouth Side 000002523 6531_ $$aWorld's Columbian Exposition 000002523 6531_ $$athe Obama Presidential Center 000002523 6531_ $$acity politics 000002523 6531_ $$acommunity organizing 000002523 6531_ $$aWoodlawn 000002523 6531_ $$aHyde Park 000002523 6531_ $$aSouth Shore 000002523 6531_ $$aurban planning 000002523 6531_ $$acommunity infrastructure 000002523 690__ $$aThe College 000002523 691__ $$aEnvironmental and Urban Studies 000002523 691__ $$aChicago Studies Theses 000002523 692__ $$aChicago Studies 000002523 7001_ $$aScotty, Emma$$uUniversity of Chicago 000002523 72012 $$aEmily Talen 000002523 8564_ $$94b04bab6-1409-4dd8-83f9-a6cc9bd3f958$$s967346$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/2523/files/Scotty%2C%20Emma%20.pdf$$ePublic 000002523 908__ $$aI agree 000002523 909CO $$ooai:uchicago.tind.io:2523$$pTheses$$pGLOBAL_SET 000002523 983__ $$aThesis