Kenwood Open House Committee weighs Silverman plan
A special Kenwood Open House Committee reports its May 3 meeting position on Louis R Silverman’s Rosenwald mansion project at 4901 Ellis. It favors preserving the mansion as a single family dwelling, supports R-1 zoning development with green space, and rejects condo and townhouse plans as out of character and harmful to the inter racial Kenwood community. The panel includes Ruth Horwich Gary Husted Jean Meltzer Melinda Schramm Eileen Wasserman Frank Winter and Diane Gray.
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Kenwood
Open House Committee
Louis R. Silverman
Rosenwald
Ellis
Ruth Horwich
Gary Husted
Jean Meltzer
Melinda Schramm
Eileen Wasserman
Frank Winter
Diane Gray
Priest to be honored at St. Thomas church Hyde Park
Father Thomas Fitzgerald, pastor of St. Thomas Apostle parish, Hyde Park, will celebrate his 60th birthday and 35th ordination anniversary with a Mass of Thanksgiving at noon on May 1 at St. Thomas Apostle church, followed by a reception at the parish school. He has led since 1967 and serves as head of the Hyde Park Kenwood Council of Churches and Synagogues.
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Thomas Fitzgerald
St. Thomas Apostle
Hyde Park
St. Thomas Apostle Church
S. Kimbark Ave
St. Thomas Apostle School
S. Woodlawn
St. Thomas
Hyde
Mundelein Seminary
Little Flower
South Side
Chicago
Fritzgerald
St. Thomas Apostle Parish
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Sludge in Urban Gardens Linked to Cadmium Risk
Hyde Park gardeners blame drought for poor harvests but a nearby Metropolitan Sanitary District sludge pile raises concern over soil acidity and heavy metals. Cadmium in sludge could enter vegetables, with FDA and USDA noting high cadmium in sludge-treated Illinois crops and risks for vegetarians and home gardeners.
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Marcella Gewirth
Gardner
Hyde Park
Gardners
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Federal Food and Drug Administration
U. S
Leu -Hing
Chicago
Leu- Hing
University of Illinois Agronomist
Tom Hinsley
Leu-Hing
Herald
Hyde
Illinois
USDA
FDA
Monroe County
Indiana
Ronald Nehrig
Bloomington
Westinghouse
Nehrig
Metropolitan Sanitary District
Fulton County
Florida
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Rowenwald
Vera Mihailovic
Ray Dunne
Joyce Richards
Bloomingdale
St. Thomas Church
Cecil Leu- Hing
Sanitary District
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