Relaxed Summer at Promontory Point Faces Quiet Tensions
Hyde Park’s Promontory Point enjoys bright skies and ripe summer activity but faces clashes over youth noise and outsiders. Police say the lakefront is public for all Chicagoans and that order can be maintained, with no solid evidence of hostile gangs yet.
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Park
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Lyons
Commander Lyons
Hyde Park Herald Publication Details and Editorial Friction
The Hyde Park Herald lists staff roles and founding dates, noting publication every Wednesday from 5240 S. Harper Chicago. It details deadlines for news and ads and subscription rates, and laments limited space at the Point while urging dialogue with Johnson, Johnson and Roy over Nike missile site removal and lakefront planning.
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Fred Fuller Bennett
Clarence P. Dresser
Hyde Park Herald Inc
S. Harper
Chicago
Telephone
Midway
Post Office
Ill
Johnson
Johnson and
Roy
Fifth Army
Hyde Park
U.S. Army
Lawn care in a wet year boosts growth and mulch use
The author notes heavy rainfall fuels thick green grass, with weekly mowing into July. Kentucky bluegrass and Melton bluegrass should not be cut shorter than one inch, or one and a half inches in high traffic. Grass cuttings provide mulch for flower beds and help suppress weeds while adding soil humus.
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Melton
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Letters to the Editor: housing woes and park scars
A reader laments housing displacement and rising rents in their community. They criticize developers and authorities for prioritizing profit over residents, urge scrutiny of building ownership, and question urban renewal outcomes like Jackson Park’s reconstruction and tree loss.
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