Planners Evaluate Renewal for Ray School Area Demolition
Hyde Park project chief planner Jack Meltzer outlines a data driven case for demolishing the 5600 block on Kenwood to free space for Ray School. He warns final plans may require building more classrooms given rising local child counts and public school share.
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Jack Meltzer
Community Conservation Board
Hyde Park
Ray
Meltzer
Ray School
Hyde Park Project
the Herald
Bay Area
Bay School
Dorchester
Residents oppose parts of urban renewal plan in Chicago district
At a council hearing over preservation and parking amid urban renewal, residents challenge the demolition of 5542 and 5544 Dorchester for a private parking lot serving 5550 Dorchester. Professor Hans Morgenthau and others argue against condemning homes for private gain while city parking is already planned nearby.
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Dorchester
William L. Doyle
Jane A. Farrant
Marion
M. B. Westover
John Averbo
Erling S. Lid
Morgenthau
Jane Farrant
5550
Jack Meltzer
University of Chicago Planning Unit
Greenwald Attacks Patch-work Hyde Park Renewal Plan
Herbert Greenwald, a leading Detroit urban renewal developer active in Hyde Park, denounces the Webb Knapp plan as patch-work and calls for a master redevelopment scheme. He argues for a long-range, workable area plan and criticizes the plan for isolating apartments on a monoxide island and neglecting surrounding connections.
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Herbert 8. Greenwald
Greenwald
Detroit
Hyde Park
Webb & Knapp
Land Clearance Commission
City Coun
Cil
Samuel N. Katzin
University of Chicago
Monoxide Island
55Th Street
Herbert Greenwald
The
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South Shore Drive
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Arthur Schoen
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