Hyde Park YMCA Ends Halfway House Program
Hyde Park YMCA will discontinue the Halfway House on December 31 after board review. The decision follows concerns about community distrust of ex-offenders and compares the situation to Gateway House. James Salzman urged continued community forums, and PROUD meets at United Church of Hyde Park weekly to discuss reintegration.
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Hyde Park
James Salzman
Half-Way House
PROUD
Prisoners Rehabilitation Organization For United Defense
United Church of Hyde
South Side Planning Board corrected on McCormick Place history
Letter to the editor clarifies that the South Side Planning Board opposed McCormick Place’s lakefront site and not its origin. The writer cites Carl Condit and a 1971 Chicago Tribune piece to correct readers and notes upcoming Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference plans.
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South Side Planning Board
McCormick Place
Lakefront
Carl Condit
Chicago Tribune
South Side
Mies van der Rohe
Cermak Road
South Parkway
Martin Luther King Drive
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Where is Hyde Park as low income housing plans fade
The author recalls meetings of the Community Conservation council during Lake Village and Harper Square talks, noting promises of low income housing to keep Dorchester Circle residents in Hyde Park Kenwood. They report Barber building at 47th Place and Dorchester tenants were evicted by utilities cut off and scattered, with only one finding affordable local housing, questioning the community’s commitment to housing for all.
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Lake Village
Harper Square
Community Conservation Council
Dorchester Circle
47Th Place
Dorchester
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Barber Building
Hyde Park
Stony Island
71St St
Jeffrey
75Th St
CCUO
Model Cities
Chicago
Politicking Shapes Ward Elections Against Primary Day
The City Council faced a choice on scheduling special aldermanic elections in the 2nd and 7th wards. Although March 21 matched the primary date and would save costs, the political machine preferred a different day to suppress voter turnout for the aldermanic races.
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Election Board
City Council Schedules UPCS Elections To Boost Independence
In Chicago the City Council set August 15 for 2nd and 7th ward votes to curb turnout and limit independent influence. It also moved Community Council elections to December 19 for Urban Progress Center Service areas, aiming to reduce participation in anti poverty fund decisions.
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Urban Progress Center
Model Cities
Chicago Committee On Urban Opportunity
UPCS
King Upcs
Grand Boulevard
Lake Michigan
King Dr
51St
55Th Streets
Woodlawn
State St
60Th St
Stony Island
71St St
55Th
59Th Sts
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