Jean Baptiste Point DuSable built a homestead at the convergence of the river and lake. Jean Baptiste Point DuSable is considered by many to be the first non-Indigenous settler and the founder of what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a garland of white flowers in front of him, a lone rower kneeling in a wooden canoe glided toward the DuSable Bridge docks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Architectural Digest has named Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive as one of the most beautiful streets in ...

CHICAGO — Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive it is. Or rather, will soon be. Two years after a South Side alderman introduced an ordinance to rebrand the landmark Chicago Lake Shore Drive to ...

Thirty-six years after Mayor Harold Washington dedicated a park named for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable near the mouth of the Chicago River, the first structure has finally been built there. It’s ...

We are getting our first look at renderings for what the future DuSable Park will look like. As shown in the renderings, the 3.4 acre park will feature a boardwalk, ample green splace and pavilion to ...

At just 3.4 acres, the long-awaited $15 million Jean-Baptiste Point DuSable Park won’t be the city’s largest public green space, but it has the potential to be one of the best. As it should be. The ...

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With a garland of white flowers in front of him, a lone rower kneeling in a wooden canoe glided toward the DuSable Bridge docks. After stilling his vessel, two men on the Riverwalk helped him hoist ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Architectural Digest has named ...

Guests listen as Jean Voltaire, board member of the DuSable Heritage Association, opens a ceremony honoring the legacy of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Aug. 23, 2025, at DuSable Bridge in Chicago’s ...