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Hyde Park Kenwood 1961 Review Highlights Community Progress
Alderman recounts Hyde Park Kenwood advances in 1961 including a 12 000 signature interracial petition drive, stable community improvements, rehabilitations on the 5400 Drexel block, Marina City twin towers near the Army radar site, new streetlights on 5700 Maryland, delayed Outer Drive cloverleaf, police support and reorganized services, a Hyde Park police station linked to central dispatch, and 1961 theater growth with local venues and Harper Theater plans for conversion to multiple intimate stages. The piece notes ongoing urban activity into 1962.
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Gogues
Marshall Korshak
Abner J. Mikva
Chicago
Hyde Park
Drexel
Army
Maryland
University
Commonwealth Edison Company
Woodlawn
Company of Four
The
Limelight
Sherry
del Prado
Shoreland
Bruce Sagan
Harper Theater