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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A bust honoring Chicago's founder got royal treatment for the start of Black History Month on Wednesday. Members of the Black Heroes Matter Coalition added a crown to the bust of Jean ...

When Courtney Pierre Joseph, associate professor of history and African American studies at Lake Forest College, was researching the history of Haitians in Chicago for her dissertation, she found ...

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 ...

With the renaming of Lakeshore Drive to Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive, we take a deeper look into who this Chicago founder was and what he contributed to the city. His other biggest ...

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 ...

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Part of southbound Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive will close Sunday evening into Monday as part of the city’s ongoing resurfacing project. Commuters should expect southbound DuSable Lake ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...