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[[Image:jensen.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]JENSEN, Jens.(near Dybbøl in Slesvig, Denmark September 13, 1860 - Ellison Bay, WI, October 1, 1951) As a 24-year-old immigrant, Jensen studied | [[Image:jensen.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]JENSEN, Jens.(near Dybbøl in Slesvig, Denmark September 13, 1860 - Ellison Bay, WI, October 1, 1951) As a 24-year-old immigrant, Jensen studied midwestern landscape and played an important role in the pre-[[WORLD WAR I]] "Chicago Renaissance." Jensen created Columbus Park on the western edge of Chicago and extensively redesigned Humboldt, Garfield, and Douglas, large west-side parks, as well as 15 small ones. | ||
Jensen's work is found outside Chicago. He designed parks in Racine and Madison, Wisconsin; Dubuque, Iowa; and Springfield, Illinois. He also landscaped dozens of estates belonging to wealthy Americans including the Rosenwalds, Florsheims, Ryersons, and Beckers. | Jensen's work is found outside Chicago. He designed parks in Racine and Madison, Wisconsin; Dubuque, Iowa; and Springfield, Illinois. He also landscaped dozens of estates belonging to wealthy Americans including the Rosenwalds, Florsheims, Ryersons, and Beckers. | ||
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JENSEN, Jens.(near Dybbøl in Slesvig, Denmark September 13, 1860 - Ellison Bay, WI, October 1, 1951) As a 24-year-old immigrant, Jensen studied midwestern landscape and played an important role in the pre-WORLD WAR I "Chicago Renaissance." Jensen created Columbus Park on the western edge of Chicago and extensively redesigned Humboldt, Garfield, and Douglas, large west-side parks, as well as 15 small ones.
Jensen's work is found outside Chicago. He designed parks in Racine and Madison, Wisconsin; Dubuque, Iowa; and Springfield, Illinois. He also landscaped dozens of estates belonging to wealthy Americans including the Rosenwalds, Florsheims, Ryersons, and Beckers.
Jensen organized and inspired the early conservation movements that led to the creation of the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Illinois state park system, the Indiana Dunes State Park and National Lakeshore. He firmly believed that people must have contact with the "living green," – flowers and plants native to their home. Jensen believed that landscape architecture was involved with the renewing and civilizing powers of nature.
See: COUNCIL RINGS
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"Biography," Jens Jensen Legacy Project. Online: http://www.jensjensen.org/Bio/Bio.htm