Grand Design for Jackson Park Reveals Conserved Areas and Playgrounds
Park District maps show Wooded Island, lagoons, and museum approach intact while South Lagoon becomes playing fields. A new footbridge is planned this year with construction next year. boating may return under supervision. Play facilities from 47th to 49th streets advance, including baseball and softball fields, with reseeding and fencing underway. A de conversion of the Victoria to a six flat is noted as an example of Hyde Park Kenwood Community effort restoring housing use.
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Park District
Victoria
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Kenwood
Blackstone Avenue
Ralph Fertig
IC Proposes South Side Rail Cutbacks and Suburban Shifts
The Illinois Commerce Commission was asked to approve closing 31st 55th and 39th street stations and eliminating the local train between Randolph and Hyde Park. Scheduling would shift to favor suburban lines with 54th 57th 59th and 63rd stations preserved. A hearing date has been set to consider the proposed changes.
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31St
55Th
39Th Streets
Randolph Street
Hyde Park
53Rd Street
Chica South
Tny
Suburn
Tire
47Th Street
New South Side
The
Commerce Commission
Self defense cited in Marbro Lounge tavern shooting
Chicago Park District Lt. James Gorman, off duty, said he fired at Dominic Carioscia in self defense during an early Sunday brawl at the Marbro Lounge, injuring Carioscia and two bystanders, Clifford Blair and Walter Wilke, with Wilke in serious condition.
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Marbro
Lake Park
Chicago Park District
James Gorman
Gorman
Patrick Cronin
Hyde Park
Dominic Carioscia
Carioscia
Clifford Blair
Walter Wilke
Wilke
Billings Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blackstone
Jackson Park
Museum of Science and Industry
Dunbar Trade School
Parks and Recreation Committee
Boy Scouts
Campfire
Parks and, Recreation Committee
George T. Donoghue
Park
John A. Black
Robert A. Moore
Vern Hernlund
47Th St
49Th St
Kenwood
Ald
Claude W. B. Holman
Fourth Ward
the Park District
Parkway Strip
Bed
47Th
49Th
Lake Front
Victoria Apartments
Fertig
Joseph E. Hartman
Hartman
Lawren Ave
Sheridan Road
Corporation Consel
Chicago
Pa 4
Margaret Mead
Illinois Commerce Commission
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