Midway Plaisance (linear park) between Jackson Park and Washington Park

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Midway Plaisance is a historic linear park on Chicago’s South Side, best known for its role in the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and for linking Jackson Park and Washington Park as part of the city’s grand park and boulevard system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf linear park ⓘ
public park ⓘ
adjacentTo University of Chicago campus ⓘ
associatedWithEvent World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
boundedBy Jackson Park on the east ⓘ
Washington Park on the west ⓘ
city Chicago ⓘ
connectsPark Jackson Park ⓘ
Washington Park ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Cook County ⓘ
crossedBy Dorchester Avenue ⓘ
Ellis Avenue ⓘ
Greenwood Avenue ⓘ
Stony Island Avenue ⓘ
University Avenue ⓘ
Woodlawn Avenue ⓘ
designedBy Calvert Vaux ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
governedBy Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners ⓘ
hasFeature ice skating rink (seasonal) ⓘ
recreational fields ⓘ
sunken central lawn ⓘ
tree-lined berms ⓘ
walkways ⓘ
hasLandUse open space ⓘ
pedestrian circulation corridor ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
historicFunction midway for amusements and concessions at the 1893 fair ⓘ
influencedTerm midway (as a term for fairground amusement area) ⓘ
knownFor historic role in the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
linking Jackson Park and Washington Park ⓘ
length approximately one mile ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedOnSideOf South Side of Chicago ⓘ
maintainedBy Chicago Park District ⓘ
nearNeighborhood Hyde Park ⓘ
Washington Park neighborhood ⓘ
Woodlawn ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
partOf Chicago park and boulevard system ⓘ
South Park System ⓘ
partOfPlanningConcept Emerald Necklace of Chicago parks and boulevards ⓘ
roleInEvent amusement area of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ

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Midway Plaisance amusement area → occupies → Midway Plaisance (linear park) between Jackson Park and Washington Park ⓘ