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Chicago News Journal (Newspaper) - August 2, 1979, Chicago, Illinois News journal published every thursday morning at 5959 s. Harlem ave60638 mail subscription rate is $6 90 per year inside City circulation area second class postage paid at Chicago. Illinois Ouk 42nd yeah. 4th week Northwest Chicago a finest weekly newspaper news journal serving a Austin a North amp Pulaski a Humboldt Park a Cragin a Kevyn Park a Gale Wood a Brickyard Mali a grand amp Harlem a Hermosa a Mont Clare thursday August 2, 1979 subscriptions $6.90 per year within circulation area phone 278-6100 for subscriptions or want ads single copy 25c action is started against realtors Stanley Napadow right a former president of the Northeast Austin organization like the others present for a meeting last thursday evening at St. Peter Canisius Hall left no doubts of his seriousness concerning the Issue of a racial steering by local Val Budd director of real estate Illinois department of registration and education listened just As seriously. More pictures on Page 3. Photo by Charles so Maeh abandoned buildings discussed at meeting after lengthy explanations and discussions. Members of the organization of Palmer Square seemed to think some Progress is being made and More will be made a a toward re habilitation of abandoned buildings on the Northwest Side at a regular tops meeting monday. July 30, at 7 30 p m. At Kedzie Avenue United methodist Church 1845 n. Kedie. Andy Rodriguez from the Chicago office of the Federal department of housing and Urban development. Reported on the standing of in buildings in the area. He also gave a Promise of a Fuller report within to Days and an Opportunity to discuss the problems with someone higher up in the local office. A i think we made some headway there is still More to be done but the signs Are a bit More heartening right said Mary Jorgensen president of tops. The 18 buildings in question Are All the property of Hud following Mort Gage foreclosures. According to Rodriguez three of the buildings Are in the process of closing. But. According to Jorgensen the buildings should be held in that stage for Only a 80 Day period. After that they should by offered again. Rodriguez promised to look into the status of those buildings to determine whether or not they should be offered to the Public again and said he would report Back within to Days. Jorgensen claimed some of the buildings in question have been in the closing process for More than a year. Rodriguez promised to investigate the status of those three buildings to determine whether or not they should be offered to the Public again he said he would report Back within to Days. Three other buildings. Rodriguez said. Are being held aside for the Chicago housing authority for rehabilitation. Tops members requested that these be put on the Selling list and re placed at a future Date with other buildings which come into the Market due to foreclosure. Quot there certainly never seems to be a shortage of these buildings Quot Jor Gensen said. Quot there does t seem to be any reason to hold building in re serve for Long six of the buildings it was reported. Are rented by tenants who have an option to buy. The tops members reasserted their support of this program. Two of the buildings Are scheduled for demolition and three have just been received. Rodriguez said. One other building is being held in Reserve for the City he said Quot we still have a Long Way to go but the meeting seems like a Good starting Point toward better cooperation with Hud Quot Jorgensen said. A a Well wait to see now whether or not this leads to More buildings being made available More quickly for re habilitation instead of sitting boarded up for \ ruths and during he meeting various members including Bonnie Buzzelli chair of the tops real estate committee explained the problems with arson and rodents caused by the vacant buildings. The work of Man it weeks came to a Semi Climax last thursday night As the Northeast Austin organization to Kuk the first Steps toward Legal action against a pair of Northwest Side realtors. At a meeting held at St Peter Canisius Church Hall. 5057 w North members of the organization presented a series of complaints against Tho two local firms evidence they had gathered Over a period of Many weeks of the alleged practices of Quot racial by the businesses. Racial steering an illegal practice in Illinois consists of trying to exclude prospective buyers of real estate from buying in particular areas because of their race or National origin.0 the Nao claims that realtors Are showing prospective Black Homeboy ers property South of w. North Avenue Only and that White prospects Are steered Only to an area North of Fullerton. The evidence was presented to Val Budd real estate director at the Illinois department of registration and education. Budd promised a Quick evaluation of the evidence and an investigation into the alleged practices by Diamond realty 5852 w Diversey and shrink realty. 5174 w. North the evidence had been collected by a group of members of Nao and of the Northwest Austin Council who had posed As prospective buyers in order to gather reaction from the realtors. The two groups had picketed at Marshall realty 53 w w North and verus realty 5844 w. North on successive saturdays in mid july claim ing these firms indulged in the same practices. Last saturday july 28. The pickets were Back on the Street this time at Schrik realty first then at Marshall. Nao president Marie Maher told Budd that Northwest Austin is arts entry an integrated neighbourhood and that the residents want to keep it that Way. Quot we Are not objecting to having Blacks move in. Or latins either Quot she said Quot but we done to want to see Whites discouraged from moving in Here Maher pointed out that South aus tin. Once entirely White first integrated and now has become a virtually All Black neighbourhood Maher had support from the Many Blacks in the audience. One Black woman said a we moved Here because we liked the character of the neighbourhood we want our children to go to schools where they will be exposed to others than Blacks. We done to want to see the character of the neighbourhood Budd was told the organization had surveyed Northwest Austin and found that in one area with 51 White own ers 13 Black owners and one Oriental owner 25 White and the Oriental owners had been solicited to sell their property and not a single Black had been solicited. Budd warned that complaints would have to be substantiated and verified and that people would have to be pre pared to testify. There were volunteers from the audience who included a Black woman not an Austin resident who said she had tried to look Northwest siders plan polka festival Emily Pinter n. Mason ave. President of the International polka association is serving As general chairman for the Lith annual International polka festival which will swing off aug. 3, 4 and 5, at the red carpet hotel and expo Center 4747 s. Howell St. Milwaukee i. Dancing will Start at 6 p m. On Friday and saturday and at noon on sunday. Saturday tickets Are $5.00. With a $1.50 charge the other Days. The festival will present 12 bands including several which played at the re cent St. Stands outdoor festival. Other Northwest siders on the committee for the gala affair include. Josph Pinter. N. Mason room reservations chairman Dorothy Walega n. Linden ave., Ipa membership chairman Chet Schafer w. Walton program Book chairman and Richard Chochul Public relations chairman at Homes North of Fullerton. She had been warned she said. That if she managed to buy in that area her garage would be burned Down and worse might happen. All the people from Nao and nac who approached the realtors took the same tack Whites asked to see prop erty or listings in North Austin and Blacks asked to sen property North of there. Included in the evidence presented to Budd were these alleged statements made to the persons sent in to realtors offices by Nao and nac Quot you re buying neighbourhoods not buildings. These Are Good buildings but ifs a neighbourhood you want to get away to a White couple. A you done to want winos walking through your Back Yard Quot to a White couple. Quot the italians live up there. You would t be to Blacks Quot you can buy any where you want. But there s no telling How Long you la be there Quot to Blacks and Quot there Are All puerto Picans living up to Blacks Maher told the meeting. Quot it is important that we All learn to live to Gether to respect one another Espe Dally the Young handicapped program and solar Power at Hanson this picture was snapped a couple of weeks Back and May be a collector s item already. The policeman shown above directing traffic at the Narragansett and Wrightwood Entrance to the Brickyard has since been replaced by a system of traffic lights. By Rose k. Spaccarelli Quot i want to make this Opportunity work on behalf of All the children Quot or Frank j. Depaul principal of the Hanson Park elementary school said of the school s conversion to a solar powered school where orthopaedic ally handicapped students will be mainstreamed. Quot i am very committed to the concept of mainstreaming a Depaul said of the Federal and state guidelines that require that handicapped students receive their education As much As possible with other students. Quot the new Rule says All special education children should be Given a program designed to their needs in the least restrictive environment. Education in the least restrictive environment is known As mainstreaming Quot Depaul explained. Quot the general education child will recognize the limitations of the handicapped and be Able to accept and appreciate the handicapped child and function with him Quot Depaul said. A we want people to be sensitive to the rights of the physically handicapped children Quot he added. Quot when i was principal of Schubert school where there were 12 rooms of educable mentally handicapped students the Normal students did not Call the handicapped children names Quot Depaul said. The new North Side physically handicapped Center is the Long awaited dream of the areas handicapped. Handicapped children formerly at Lovett school 6333 w. Bloomingdale and Burbank school 2035 n. Mobile who Are six or older will attend Hanson Park school with the general education students of that school District. The design for this expansion of Hanson Park school 5411 w. Fullerton was done by two handicapped architects who went All Over the country and visited schools for the physically handicapped. Louis Zonka and associates did the preliminary plans and Bill Acheson of architectonic a did the final plan. Hanson Park school will be the first Chicago Public school to use solar Energy. Solar Energy will be used in two ways. Sun scoops in the Library will bring the suns rays directly into the building for warmth and Light while 234 solar panels pivoted and angled to face South will provide some Energy for electricity. Water will by heated by the Sun s rays and stored in a 36, gallon underground tank. The Energy thus stored will be used to reduce the Energy needs of the school in terms of Healing and Cooling. Quot there will be a ten percent saving of electricity with this solar unit Quot George Schoenfeld construction superintendent for the Board of education said water will be Solary pre heated be fore going into the hot water Heaters where there will be a Gas run Back up the old part of the school will receive a special plywood covering and then a second roof for extra insula Tion. Although the Board of education had applied for a Grant to pay for this solar project nothing has been continued on Page 5 that cluttered area above will be the Library in the Section of the Hanson Park school under construction and the Odd looking contraption below is a solar Power collector on the school roof. A feature of the Library will be the unique roof construction with a Sun scoops designed to save Energy used for heating and lighting while the solar Power installation will provide about ten percent of the Power needed for the entire school

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