Midway Plaisance holds some of Chicago's most storied history and striking public art

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date June 11, 2026, 5 p.m.
Last Updated June 11, 2026, 5 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-midway-plaisance-history-worlds-fair-ferris-wheel/

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Midway Plaisance is much more than a long strip of lawn on Chicago's South Side where, at the east end, the [ Obama Presidential Center now sits ][4] . Connecting Washington and Jackson parks, it began as one of the city's most ambitious unrealized architectural projects and remains the site of som...