Mackelmann cites progress in Hyde Park Kenwood renewal
D E Mackelmann reports the Hyde Park Kenwood urban renewal program has reached one fifth of its 40 million dollar acquisition goal. Through June 1960 134 of 662 properties had been acquired and 4.8076 million dollars had been paid or committed. He aims to finish half the acquisitions this year and all by end of 1961.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
D. E. Mackelmann
Mackelmann
Community Conservation Board
Hyde Park police reshuffle signs broader city plan
Supt. Orlando Wilson promoted Capt. John Kistner to supervising captain of the first division and demoted Capt. Jerome McCarthy to Hyde Park district commander. The article notes the urban renewal project boundaries, future demolitions, and Webb & Knapp redevelopment efforts near 55th and Lake Park with multiple housing and commercial developments.
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Orlando Wilson
Hyde Park
Lake Park
John Kistner
Kistner
Jerome McCarthy
Wilson
New Kenwood Mews Street Debuts Amid Postal Confusion
The Kenwood Mews project by Webb & Knapp shows a new street E Park Place running from Dorchester to Kenwood near E 55th. Post office initially denied the street’s existence, while residents like Jeanne Orlikoff received mail on a second try. The article notes ongoing city acquisition and relocation stats, with 94 families and 108 individuals moved, and 528 properties still to be acquired.
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Chicago
Ill
U. S. Post Office
E. Park Place
Webb & Knapp Developers
Kenwood Mews Row
Dorchester
Kenwood
E. 55Th
Jeanne Orlikoff
Cornell
Park Pl
Michael Orlikoff
Webb & Knapp
Allen Stessmann
Missing Whitman sculpture and collection in Chicago home
Frances Heid reports her Whitman sculptor model and over 100 Whitman books valued above $1,000 vanished from her vacant Kenwood residence at 5106. She says police recovered unrelated Whitman items from another tenant's apartment, and a nearby suspect was fined after arrest. She fears a burglar may be turning into a Whitman collector.
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Walt Whitman
Whitman
Frances Heid
Kenwood
Miss Heid
California
Chicago
Democrats to watch convention parties in Chicago area
Two groups of Democrats plan late evening convention watching events. The 5th ward regulars meet at Shoreland hotel with three TV sets and free refreshments. the North Hyde Park club hosts a gathering at the Grosz home with one set and post mortem talk if balloting ends.
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Los Angeles
Shoreland Hotel
South Shore
5Th Ward
Edward M. Levine
Purdue University
Marshall Korshak
Everett
Levine
Martin Grosz
North Hyde Park Democratic Club
Democratic Federation of Illinois
David Simonson
Ridgewood
Simonson
George Watson
Woodlawn
Roosevelt University
Abner J. Mikva
Kenwood
Leon Despres
Fire routs 35 from four story brick building blaze
A Thursday fire at 921 E 55th forced 35 residents from a four story brick apartment building. Chief Charles Reamer of the 16th battalion estimated the damage at 4000 dollars. No injuries were reported as the blaze was confined to the upper two floors.
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E. 55Th
Charles Reamer
16Th Fire Battalion
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