Zoning Change Sought for University Faculty Housing
A request to rezone for a 14 story apartment at 5827 Dor Chester will go to Chicago City Council on Friday. Alderman Leon Despres informed residents of the 5800 Blackstone area of the plan and noted the building would prioritize University of Chicago faculty occupancy despite prior misclassifications of zoning.
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Dor Chester
University of Chicago
City Council
City Hall
Ltir
Leon M. Despres
E. Soth
Blackstone
Despres
Drapper and Kramer
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
University
Draper and Kramer
Santa Letter Contest Offers Hyde Park Grand Prize
Hyde Park Herald seeks Santa letters from children twelve and under in Hyde Park Kenwood. Grand prize is a $25 U.S. Savings Bond plus two $5 weekly prizes. Letters must show the child name age and address and be the child’s own statements.
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Hyde Park
Hyde Park Herald
Herald
Hyde Park Kenwood Conference Sets Sixteenth Annual Meeting
The Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference will hold its sixteenth annual meeting Monday evening December 6 at the Harper Theater. Harper Court shops will stay open for browsers en route to the 8 PM session. An award to an outstanding community member is planned. twelve directors will be elected to the thirty six member board for a three year term. John H Ballard is conference chairman.
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Hyde Park -Kenwood
Harper Theater
Harper
Harper Court
Hyde Park-Kenwood
John H. Ballard
Blackstone
Town meeting celebrates new neighbors and past in annual report program
This Monday marks the Conference annual meeting led by executive director Edward H. Palmer. Walter Lawton will serve as master of ceremonies, welcoming newcomers to the neighborhood. Cochairs Mrs. Harry Bekenstein and Mrs. Herbert Levy emphasize inclusion and a lighter program with songs by Mrs. Lester R. Asher and illustrations from the past.
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Nual
Edward H. Palmer
Walter Lawton
Cornell
Chicago Ethical Society
Chicago
Lawton
Harry Bekenstein
East View Park
Herbert Levy
Bekenstein
Lester R. Asher
Woodlawn
Hyde Park Kenwood school row spawns new committee
A five member board committee was named to handle Hyde Park high school controversy. It will meet Harmony with Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference and Unity to resolve issues over separate vs expanded schools. University of Chicago resources and urban renewal costs will be studied.
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Board of Education
Frank M. Whiston
Hyde Park
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Unity Organization
Kenwood
50Th
Blackstone
Benjamin C. Willis
Unity
Stony Island
Thomas J. Murray
Warren Bacon
Lydon Wild
Cyrus H. Adams III
Louis Mallis
Bacon
Bernard Friedman
Friedman
Kenwood-Shoesmith
PTA Board of Managers
Clement
PTA
Adams
Virginia Lewis
Morris Haimowitz
University of Chicago
Hyde Park High School
Woodlawn
Hyde Park High
Julian H. Levi
South Woodlawn
Boundary plan for Hyde Park Kenwood high school draw
Town crier reports Unity members and leaders debate a north south boundary to form a new south Woodlawn high school and redraw from Woodlawn to Kozminski Reavis Kenwood Murray and related schools. The plan aims to reduce white enrollment and push integration through fielding a remodeled 2000 student high school.
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Ures
Unity
Woodlawn Avenue
Bret Harte
56Th
Cornell
Murray, Ray
Shoesmith- Kenwood
Carnegie and Fiske
Woodlawn
West Hyde Park
Kozminski
Reavis
South Woodlawn
Midway
West Woodlawn
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Hyde Park-Kenwood
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Hyde Park Blynd
Willis
James W
Robert Crain
E. M. Murphy
Crain and Murphy
Fig
Town Crier
Woodlawn Organization
Luis Malave
S. Robins
Chicago Beach Drive
Hobby
Estelle
Albert
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