Grant Park, Chicago parks-gardens-sightseeing from Chicago Traveler

Grant Park

Michigan Avenue & Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60602

Grant Park is located between Michigan Avenue and Lake Michigan and between Monroe Drive and Randolph Street. It is Chicago's most prominent and beloved park. The Petrillo Music Shell brings all sorts of diverse outdoor concerts to the city, including Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Country and Classical. It is also the site of Chicago's annual Taste of Chicago, held each summer.
Grant Park includes Museum Campus, consisting of the Shedd Aquarium, the Art Institute and the Field Museum of Natural History. The park's most distinguishing feature is Buckingham Fountain, built in 1927.
The park was originally named Lake Park in 1847, but in 1901 it was renamed Grant Park in honor of Ulysses S. Grant. Thanks to the 20-year effort by Aaron Montgomery Ward concluding in the early 1900's, the park has been protected from commercial buildings and remains an open park today. The newest addition to Grant Park is at the north end, where Millennium Park has been constructed.

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