Annotated Bibliography
Achong, Ian. 2021. “Developer Finishes Work on Office Development At 1334 N Kostner Avenue in Humboldt Park.” YIMBY Chicago. https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/11/developer-finishes-work-on-office-development-at-1334-n-kostner-avenue-in-humboldt-park.html. This article described a factory repurposing of a building near my school where railroad equipment was manufactured. I learned that some original structures from over 100 years ago are still utilized near my school.
Badillo, David L. 2005. “Humboldt Park.” Encyclopedia of Chicago. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/617.html. I read this excerpt from the online version of the Encyclopedia of Chicago to learn a brief history of Humboldt Park and include it in my rational.
Burnham, Daniel H., Edward H H. Bennett, and Charles Moore. 1909. Plan of Chicago prepared under the direction of the Commercial club during the years 1906, 1907, and 1908,. Chicago: Chicago, The Commercial club, 1909. https://lccn.loc.gov/09017454. This is a digitized copy of the original Plan of Chicago provided by the Library of Congress. I found where Burnham plotted Humboldt Park in this representation of Chicago.
Carmichael, John W. 1843. A View of Murton Colliery near Seaham, County Durham, Oil on Canvas. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. This painting on display at the Yale Center for British Art depicts industrialization in its early stages in England, a scene Jens Jensen would have also seen and experienced.
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. 2024. “"Humboldt Park Community Data Snapshot."” Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. CMAP.org. This data set provided information about real estate uses and values, which I included in my context.
Chicago Park District. 2025. “The 606.” Home. https://www.the606.org/. I read about the 606 project on this website and I used the information in my context.
Cho, Ahram. 2025. “Plant species selection and participatory community co-design are essential in balancing ecosystem services and disservices in urban areas.” Environmental Research Letters 20, no. Online (April): 1-8. 10.1088/1748-9326/adc944. This recent data and description explained the detrimental effects of planting certain trees in Humboldt Park and explained why doctors have seen more lung-related illnesses recently.
Eskil, Ragna B. 1918. Jens Jensen: landscape architect. Vol. VI. 3 vols. New York: The American Scandanavian Foundation. This digitized newspaper provided a charming interview of Jens Jensen and a photograph that I used in the background knowledge and content.
"Formal Flower Bed Design." 1900.American Gardening (1892-1904), May 05, 313. https://www.proquest.com/magazines/formal-flower-bed-design/docview/128147386/se-2. This link is a useful primary source where I read about garden design in the 20th century.
García, Ivis.2019.“No Se Vende (Not for sale). An anti-gentrification grassroots campaign of Puerto Ricans in Chicago”. América Crítica 3(2): 35-61, ISSN: 2532-6724, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.13125/americacritica/3886 I did not use this article in my research but I found it interesting that neighbors have a movement to prevent further gentrification within the area as I was reading about Humboldt Park’s history.
Golden Short, John. 1870. “Bridge,” Albumen print from wet collodion negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper. Yale Center for British Art. https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:74776. I wanted to use this image in my description of Jen Jensen’s ability to integrate nature into his landscape designs, but I left it out because I found a better one called “Prairie River”.
Harris, Brandon. 2020. “Contested Spaces: Intimate Segregation and Environmental Gentrification on Chicago's 606 Trail.” City & Community 19, no. 4 (December): 933-962. doi:10.1111/cico.12422. This article explored the movement to prevent further gentrification within the area as perceived by the residents using the 606 trail.
Illinois State Board of Education. 2025. “Marine Leadership Academy - Ames.” Illinois Report Card. https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/School.aspx?schoolId=150162990252912. I used this data set to write the school context part of my narrative.
Jekyll Estate. 2025. “Home.” Gertrude Jekyll | The Official Website of the Jekyll Estate. https://gertrudejekyll.co.uk/. As I researched about the “prairie movement” in the United States, I learned that a woman named Gertrude Jekyll became well known for her designs that integrated natural setting into her clients’ gardens in England.
Jenkins, Eriell M. 2024. “Environmental Inequities and Metal Toxicity: A Demographic Assessment of Soil Contamination in Parks of Chicago, IL.” Dissertation: University of Louisiana at Lafayette 1, no. 1 (January): 1-10. 12345. I used this article to find data that proved there is still contaminated areas of Humboldt Park that have not been remediated, despite permits to build on this land being issued for residential and public use.
Jukes, Francis. 1796. Hyde Park. View of the Serpentine River looking from Kensington Gardens. Yale Center for British Art. Colored aquatint. I wanted to use this painting to compare use of nature in England with that of Jens Jensen in Chicago, but changed my mind because it depicted forma garden design.
La Voz. 2025. “Home.” Puerto Rican Cultural Center: PRCC Home. https://prcc-chgo.org/. I used this website to become informed about current events planned for Humboldt Park in the summer of 2025.
Margins of our lily pond. Jas. Jensen., 1898. "IRIS VERSICOLOR AND ITS NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE POND: IRIS VERSICOLOR," Park and Cemetery (1895-1900) 8 (7): 130. https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/iris-versicolor-neighbors-about-pond/docview/612766710/se-2. I viewed the early photographs in this journal to get an idea of Jens Jensen’s first designs of Humboldt Park.
Petersen, Julius, and Dalia Nassar. 2023. “Alexander von Humboldt (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/alexander-humboldt/#TravAmer. This website provided me with the details about A. von Humboldt’s travels in Central and South America.
Pierce, Shanley C. 2023. “The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation.” The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. https://www.guggenheim.org/articles/checklist/making-the-invisible-visible-embracing-neurodivergent-perspectives-through-art. I read this article about the art world’s acknowledgment of the neurodivergent artists contribution to fine art and creativity.
Poirson, Jean Baptist. 1811. “Carte du Mexique et des pays limitrophes situés au nord et à l'est : dressée d'après la grande carte de la Nouvelle Espagne de Mr. A. de Humboldt et d'autres matériaux.” Yale University Digital Collections. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/15822253. This material provided me the map I used in the description of A. Von Humboldt’s drawings and travels.
Porter, Emily. 2025. Field House. Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL, United States. Digital Photo. I took a photo that I was going to use in my description of Humboldt Beach, a man made inland retreat for people that challenges the natural setting design of Jens Jensen. I rewrote the section and thus no longer needed the photo.
Sanchez, Angelica, and Gabriel Castillo. 2024. “Humboldt Park's Puerto Rico Town renamed 'Barrio Borikén.'” WGN-TV. https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/humboldt-parks-puerto-rico-town-renamed-barrio-boriken/. This local news broadcast explains the renaming of the area to officially reflect the cultural ownership of Division Street between California and Kedzie by the Puerto Rican community in Chicago.
University of Cambridge. 2002. “Alexander von Humboldt.” Darwin Correspondence Project. https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/alexander-von-humboldt. This website explained that Darwin was informed by Von Humboldt’s journals when he was studying nature during his travels on the ship HMS Beagle.
University of Illinois at Chicago. 2025. “Crossing Latinidades: Climate and Environmental Justice.” UIC Great Cities Institute. https://greatcities.uic.edu/research/crossing-latinidades/. This website documents an ongoing partnership to reduce pollutants in the Humboldt Park neighborhood by engaging the citizens in the research.
Van Wyhe, John. 2025. “Proceedings of the Geological Society of London.” The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. https://darwin-online.org.uk/. I read about Charles Darwin’s life on this website, but I chose to leave him out of my narrative because he did not have a direct connection to Chicago.
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