Despres urges action to end Chicago housing segregation
CHR hearing in City Council Chambers heard Alderman Leon Despres urge white Chicagoans to end bigotry and anti Negro agreements. He called for open occupancy laws and six city, state, and federal measures to curb housing discrimination, citing 3309 Lowe Avenue as a symbol of segregation.
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Commission On Human Relations
Leon M. Despres
Fifth Ward
Chicago
Chicago Real Estate Board
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Judiciary Committee
Illinois
Congress
S.lowe Avenue
S. Lowe
Chicago Housing Authority
City launches Jackson Park study on traffic and land use
Chicago Department of Development and Planning hires Ann Arbor firm Johnson Johnson and Roy to analyze existing Jackson Park data and proposals. The three month project could yield interim and long term plans, including land fill and lakefront changes, with a $30 000 cost and a pilot status in a broader lakefront study.
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Ann Arbor
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Chicago Park District
John J. Duba
Duba
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Burbank
California
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Hyde Park
Mandel Hall
Shawn
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Drexel
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Blackstone
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