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This 1918 map shows the relationships of several key features in Jensen's design for Columbus Park. Click on the different parts of the map to learn more about each feature.
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Plans called for the prairie river to curve along the edge of the park, a feature that also protected the interior of the park from east to west thoroughfare. |
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This is the shape of the prairie river after the lower part was filled in 1953. |
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This is all that remains of the lower end of the prairie river. The rest of has been filled in to make ballfields. |
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In Jensen's original design, plantings hide the street from the view of people inside Columbus Park. |
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This is the golf course today. In 1953, nine acres were taken from the park for construction of the Eisenhower Expressway. |
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This is one of the several remaining parts of the gently curving path that originally circled the park. |
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