City Conservation Board Plans Renewal Program
The Chicago Urban Conservation Act framework guides the Hyde Park Kenwood area into a conservation program. The CCB will manage funds, plan redevelopment, and coordinate with a community council to approve urban renewal plans for rehabilitation, street changes, housing, and facilities.
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City Conservation Board
Illinois Supreme Court
Hyde Park-Kenwood
United States
Community Conservation Board
Chicago
CCB
Richard Smykal
Smykal
Harry Joseph
Robert R. Taylor
John F. McGuane
Peter I. Buckowski
Cil
Hyde Park Kenwood study maps 11 new shopping centers
A Real Estate Research Corporation report for the Preliminary Project Report outlines a plan for Hyde Park Kenwood with one major shopping district at 55th and Lake Park and eleven small convenience centers near residential areas. Existing and proposed centers, parking needs, and shifts away from excess retail space are described with emphasis on attracting small merchants and balancing land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Real Estate Research Corporation
55Th and
Lake Park
53Rd and
47Th
Woodlawn
48Th
Cottage Grove
53Rd
56Th
Drexel
51St
57Th
Harper
Kenwood
55Th
Ellis
Hyde Park
57Th and
57Th Street
Economics of rehabilitation in renewal plans
The report highlights the need to prove that private and public rehabilitation is feasible, not just clearance. It notes many run down buildings lie outside clearance areas and questions cost, while advising further studies on Hyde Park specialty stores and relocation adequacy amidst private clearance and code enforcement.
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Hyde Park
Conservation Board
Plan to Build Three New Hyde Park Elementary Schools
A city report urges rapid action on Hyde Park Kenwood school space. It proposes three new public elementary schools totaling 64 classrooms plus site plans for an additional 17 classroom school, replacing Kozminski and Ray with smaller structures and using their sites for play areas.
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Hyde Park
Kozminski and
Ray
Murray
Harte
Shakespeare
Kozminski
Kenwood
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Cottage Grove
East Kenwood
Harte School
Illinois Central
54Th Place
Greenwood
50Th Street
Renewal project administrative steps list highlights approvals
A sequence of steps outlines the renewal project process from federal advance funds to final loan and grant contracts. Key items include contracts for funds, preliminary and final reports, multiple approvals by community boards, city commissions, and the Housing and Home Finance Agency, with hearings and final loan agreements to follow.
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Housing and Home Finance Agency
Hyde Park Kenwood traffic plan limits through streets
A Preliminary Project Report based on a Barton study proposes designating Woodlawn Hyde Park Boulevard and 55th Street as the sole through arteries in Hyde Park. Other streets would be converted to local use via access restrictions and cul de sacs with limited exceptions.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
George W. Barton and Associates
Barton
Woodlawn
Hyde Park Boulevard
55Th Street
Lake Park
Cottage Grove
48Th Street
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David L. Sutton
Dorchester
Daley
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Maurice Gleason
E. 50Th
Howard Goodman
University
Arthur Schoenstadt
Blackstone
Lloyd Hall
Greenwod
Louis Mann
South Shore Drive
Charles P. Schwartz
Hubert L. Will
Kimbark
James D. Green
Edwin A.rothschild
Gustavus F. Swift, Jr
E. 55Th
Hyde
53Rd and Lake Park
Reo
Wrance
Max Brook
E. 61St St
Mathematics
Soglin & Associates
Jackson Webster
Man LA
S. Kresge CO
50Th and
Shakespeare- Bousfield
Ray and Harte
Ray and
Hyde Park High School
Murray School
Hyde Park High
Wright
Midway
Conservation Community Council
Chicago Plan Commission
City Council
Imare
n-White
49Th
The
Inter
Havill’s
East 55Th St
Charles R. Havill
R. O. Byerrum
University National Bank
Services
East 55Th Street
Federal Insurance Corporation
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