FHA loan opens Hyde Park Kenwood housing project at 53rd and Cottage
Community Renewal Foundation director Irving Gerick announces August 24 opening for a 2.4 million dollar development on a 2.3 acre site from 54th to 53rd and Maryland to Cottage Grove. The 167 units include 28 townhouses and a 112 story apartment building with a first floor community center and day care.
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Irving Gerick
Community Renewal Foundation
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
53Rd
Cottage Grove
Hyde Park-Kenwood
54Th St
53Rd St
Maryland
Washington Park
Chicago City Missionary Society Dwelling Corporation No. 2
Charles Davis
Charles Davis and Associates
Schools Board weighs plans for 10.3 acre land parcels
Education officials and conference representatives discuss clearing rubble and seeding vacant lots near Bret Harte Kozminski Murray and Ray schools for future playgrounds. Short term goals include improving active spaces and preserving trees while long term plans seek community input and outside landscape design.
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Board of Education
Theodore Hurst
Marian Parry
Clemens Roothaan
Edwin A. Lederer
Albert Gershon
Bret Harte
Kozminski
Murray
Ray
Lederer
McKeag
Murray, Kozminski
Cornell Avenue
Windermere
Living chess match set for Harper Court Sunday
Two legged chess pieces Knight Paul Dejoie and king Ronald Benedin rehearse for a living chess game at Harper Court this Sunday at 2 30 p m. Chicago masters Miss Kate Sillars and Robert Tobler Jr will duel while Hyde Park YMCA youth play roles as pawns and bishops.
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Paul Dejoie
Ronald Benedin
Greenwood
Harper Court
Chicago
University of Illinois
Illinois
Hyde Park Ymca
Jeanette Bann
Kimbark
Janice Thompson
Drexel
Ron Robinson
The
Ruyell Ho
Plan commission approves Ackley HR 2 site
The Chicago Plan Commission approves Village Associates planned development for the HR 2 site at Corr 211 Avenue and South Hyde Park Boulevard, after demanding 100 percent off street parking. Hyde Park Planning Committee objects to increased density and lack of low income housing, urging compliance with a four acre minimum and noting potential for joint development with the adjacent Ackley property.
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Chicago Plan Commission
Village Associates
Corr
Hyde Park Boulevard
Hyde Park Blvd
Hyde Park
Edward Levin
Levin
Department of Urban Renewal
Leon Despres
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George Williams College
Park District
Doris Buchanan
SR 5
47Th St
Lake Village
DUR
Plan Commission
Ackley
Ference
Kenwood
Community Renewal Society
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