The dark dome of a church peeks
 Over trees seen squinting in the morning sun,
 Looming above glimpses of
 Undulating fields and meadows;
 Meandering streams
 Built in another age.
 This tiny urban prairie
 Seems infinite.
 So peaceful in the early fragile light
 While most of the city lies asleep,
 I am refreshed in this private public space,
 Kept for us by Jensen’s vision for a tired city.
  -- Leonard Grossman

Columbus Park websites, resources, and videos:

• The Cultural Landscape Foundation has an extensive and detailed interactive website on Columbus Park, including historical information as well as interactive tours of portions of the park.
• Teaching With Historic Places presents a detailed web-based lesson plan -- Columbus Park:The Prarie Idealized.
• The Chicago Park District also has a Columbus Park Website.
• You can rent the Refectory.
• The Jens Jensen Legacy Project explores Jens Jensen's work as a landscape architect and ecologist and offers a biography and articles about Jens Jensen's life and accomplishments.
• Friends of the Park is an organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and improving Chicago's parks and forest preserves.
  
  
• I have made a very shaky short (1 min 45 seconds) video with my Canon A70, walking around my favorite bend on the Inner Trail. MOV file. 4.4 megabytes (no sound).
• A very large version of the same video (with sound). AVI file. 29.4 megabytes.